adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end.

   "an organism with clavate antennae"

Synonyms

All synonyms

clubbedclaviformclubbed

Example

More examples

"an organism with clavate antennae"

Etymology

First attested in 1661; borrowed from New Latin clāvātus, from Latin clāva (“club”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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