clavate

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adjective

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

“an organism with clavate antennae”

Similar
claviformclubbed
OriginNew Latin clāvātus ← Latin clāva →
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Meanings

adjectiveclavate (comparative more clavate, superlative most clavate)

comparative more clavate · superlative most clavate

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

    an organism with clavate antennae

    Synonyms: claviform, clubbed

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
claviformclubbed
Also see
claviformclubbed

Origin

  1. Latinclāva“club”
  2. New Latinclāvātus
  3. Englishclavate

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

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Translations

Bulgarian с форма на бухалка
  • с форма на бухалка (s forma na buhalka)resembling a club
Hungarian buzogányos, bunkós
  • buzogányosresembling a club
  • bunkósresembling a club
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APA

clavate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clavate

MLA

“clavate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clavate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clavate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clavate.

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