Plural of clavicle
regular plural
The plural of clavicle is clavicles.
Forms of clavicle
| Singular | clavicle /ˈklæv.ɪk.əl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | clavicles |
| Countable | countable |
Clavicles in a sentence
- Ornato had recounted the story to me, he had motioned towards his clavicles.2022 June 28, Cassidy Hutchinson, 0:47 from the start, in Secret Service officials: Agents willing to dispute Trump SUV incident under...
- You were thin from biking around all day; your protruding clavicles collected rainwater.2022, Ling Ma, “Yeti Lovemaking”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN
- Growth patterns of clavicles, cleithra, opercles, medial nuchals, dorsal scutes, and pectoral fin ray sections have been compared in white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus.2004, B.G. Kapoor, Bhavna Khanna, Ichthyology Handbook, page 248. From the entry nuchal
Meaning of clavicle
- noun The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
- noun A bone in fish.
- noun The upper part of a spiral shell.
Questions about the plural of clavicle
- What is the plural of clavicle?
- The plural of clavicle is clavicles.
- Is clavicle countable?
- Clavicle is a countable noun.
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