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Definition of Claviform
1. a. Club- shaped; clavate.
Definition of Claviform
1. Adjective. Club-shaped ¹
2. Adjective. Nail-shaped ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Claviform
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Claviform
Literary usage of Claviform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Alternation of Generations; Or The Propagation and Development of by Johannes Japetus Sm. Steenstrup (1845)
"... now considering are the claviform polypes (Coryne) and the forms allied to them.
These animals have afforded much ground for speculation to naturalists, ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"... claviform, with scattered filiform tentáculo. ... claviform. with a single
verticil of filiform tentacles surrounding the base of a ..."
3. The British Noctuae and Their Varieties by James William Tutt (1892)
"which the upper and lower edges of the claviform occasionally extend outwards in
the form of two curved black lines is very remarkable, ..."
4. The Danish Expedition to Siam, 1899-1900. II. Echinoidea (I) by Theodor Mortensen (1904)
"... or claviform ones, have no head, but three enormous glands on the stalk, which
is short and thick, consisting of many rods irregularly connected by ..."
5. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"The ambiguous reference to a • claviform ' spot seems to have no ... The figures
have a lead-coloured or bluish claviform spot close to the base of ..."
6. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1908)
"... claviform obliquely elliptical, cut by the submedian fold ; orbicular small,
rounded, cut by a brown dot on its outer side ; reniform a narrow yellow ..."
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