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claviform

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈklævɪfɔːm/Sorted acfilmorvStarts with CEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped.

Word origin

The adjective is derived from Latin clāvifōrmis (“club-shaped, claviform”), from Latin clāva (“a club”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat; to break”)) + -fōrmis (suffix meaning ‘having the form of’) (equivalent to -form, -iform). The English word is cognate with French claviforme. By surface analysis, clav(a) + -i- + form.

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  • Claviform is the reverse of stalactitic; it is composed of club-shaped parallel rods which adhere by their thin extremities. Examples, brown and black hæmatite.
  • Two other claviform tentacula arise from the anterior superior part of the mantle [of sea slugs of the genus Doris].
  • They vary in shape from filiform (thread-shaped) or claviform (club-shaped) to capitate (with a terminal knob) or moniliform (with a series of knobs).

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