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subclavate

subclavate adjective: partially clavate, somewhat clavate.

Adjective

subclavate (comparative more subclavate, superlative most subclavate)

  1. Partially clavate, somewhat clavate.

Forms of subclavate

comparativemore subclavate
superlativemost subclavate

Origin of subclavate

Borrowed from Latin subclāvātus. By surface analysis, sub- + clavate.

Questions about subclavate

What does subclavate mean?
Subclavate means partially clavate, somewhat clavate.
What part of speech is subclavate?
Subclavate is an adjective.

Words near subclavate in the dictionary

  1. subclausal
  2. subclause
  3. subclaused
  4. subclauses
  5. subclausing
  6. subclavate
  7. subclavial
  8. subclavian
  9. subclavian arteries
  10. subclavian artery
  11. subclavian steal syndrome

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