clavate

a. 棍棒状的, 一端膨大的

词形变化

more clavate 比较级 most clavate 最高级

别名

clavulate

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

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

    生物

    an organism with clavate antennae

词源

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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