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clavate

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • an organism with clavate antennae

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: claviform, clubbed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: с форма на бухалка (s forma na buhalka) — resembling a club
  • Hungarian: buzogányos — resembling a club
  • Hungarian: bunkós — resembling a club