Clavate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Biology Having one end thickened; club-shaped: clavate antennae.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top. [See Illust. of antennae.]
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top; claviform.
  • Like a nail.
    • Word Usage
    "Capitate: with a head: that type of clavate antenna in which the club is abruptly enlarged at tip and forms a spherical mass."
    Equivalent
    clavated   
    Cross Reference
    clavate articulation    clavate nucleus    palpi    clavate intestine    flabellate    lamellate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    clubbed   
     
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