Clavicled

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a clavicle or clavicles; (in combination) having a specified kind of clavicle. not-comparable

    "Of thoſe which have the body of the ſhell beſet with tubercles and ſpines, there are, beſide the before deſcribed, 1. The Murex, with a depreſſed clavicle, the body covered with large, black ſpines. 2. The long, clavicled, greyiſh Murex, with black ſpines, and a plicated ſurface between them."

Example

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"Of thoſe which have the body of the ſhell beſet with tubercles and ſpines, there are, beſide the before deſcribed, 1. The Murex, with a depreſſed clavicle, the body covered with large, black ſpines. 2. The long, clavicled, greyiſh Murex, with black ſpines, and a plicated ſurface between them."

Etymology

From clavicle + -ed.

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