klaviform

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Adjective

klaviform (strong nominative masculine singular klaviformer, not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of claviform: claviform, club-shaped
    • 1940, Archiv für Molluskenkunde, volume 72 or 73, or, published 1941, page 209:
      ..., ebenso drittens durch die von mir so genannte „klaviforme“ Gestalt, d. h. die keulenförmige, bei der der Vorder- oder Oral-Teil der Schale „herabgesenkt“ ist, demnach auch viertens durch die „reniforme“ oder nierenförmige, bei der beide Endteile es sind.
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    • 1968, Brockhaus Enzyklopädie in zwanzig Bänden, volume 6, page 134:
      Daneben finden sich Abbildungen von Pfeilen und Harpunen, keulenförmige (klaviforme), geometrische und dachförmige (tektiforme) Zeichen sowie [] Gestalten
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