a. [f. L. clāva club + -FORM: cf. F. claviforme.]
1. Having the form of a club; club-shaped.
1817. R. Jameson, Char. Min., 94. Claviform … is composed of club-shaped parallel rods, which adhere by their thin extremities. Example, Compact black ironstone.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 703/1. The foot … is claviform when it is thicker at its extremity than at its base.
1875. W. Houghton, Sk. Brit. Insects, 87. The claviform stigma.
2. [f. L. clāvus] Nail-shaped. (Syd. Soc. Lex.)
