See claviform in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "The claviform (club-shaped) shapes are especially prevalent in the Pyrenees particularly in the Ariege [...], but they are also found in the Dordogne (Lascaux, Gabillou), in Quercy (Saint-Eulalie), and on the Cantabrian coast [...].",
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"text": "CLAVOPORA Busk, 1874. Colony small, erect, coriaceous, claviform (nail-shaped), with two well differentiated parts: [...]",
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