clavate

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English

Etymology

From Latin clava (club).

Adjective

clavate (comparative more clavate, superlative most clavate)

  1. (biology) Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end.
    Synonyms: claviform, clubbed
    an organism with clavate antennae

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Latin

Adjective

clāvāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of clāvātus

Spanish

Verb

clavate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of clavar combined with te