Clavellina (klavelina)

[NL., the family Clavellinida. 1033 held against the string, instead of by the stroke of a ham mer. This method of tone-production permitted considerable variation in force and in quality. The compa of the clavichord was originally limited to a few tones in diatonic succe ion, and the advance to a full chromatic scale was made gradually. Tuning in equal temperament was not established until toward the middle of the eighteenth century.. clavicitherium (klav"i-si-the'ri-um), n.; pl. clavi cither i a (-a). [NL., strument of which little is known, probably a kind of harpsichord, having the strings stretch ed upon a vertical frame, as in an upright piano forte. Also written clavicytherium. clavicle (klav'i-kl), n. [= F. clavicule = Sp. clavicula = Pg. clavicula = It. clavicola, clavi lavicula, a special use of L. clavicula, a small key, a tendril, dim. of clavis, a key: see clavis.] 1. The collar-bone, forming one of the elements of the pectoral arch in vertebrate ani mals. In man and sundry quadrupeds there are complete clavicles or collar-bones, each joined at one end to the scapula or shoulder-bone, and at the other to the sternum or breast-bone. In Human Clavicle, left side, viewed from above. many quadrupeds the clavicles are absent or rudimentary, while in birds they are united in a single forked piece, popularly called the merrythought or wishbone. In many vertebrates below birds clavicles are recognized, but their homology is not always clear. The human clavicle is by some considered to be composed of its body, or clavicle proper, with a me so scapular segment or acromial epiphysis, a pre coracoid or sternal epiphysis, and an omosternum, or inter articular fibrocartilage; but this view is not generally adopted. See also cut under skeleton. 2. In bot., a tendril. [Rare.] clavicorn (klav'i-kôrn), a. and n. [F. clavi Clavellina + ide.] A family of social ascidians, typified by the genus Clavellina. Each individual has its own heart, respiratory apparatus, and digestive organs; but each is fixed on a footstalk cornu = E. horn.] I. a. Having clavate an tennse; specifically, of or pertaining to the Clavicorn i a. branches from a common creeping stem or stolon, through which a circulation takes place that connects them all. + -atel .] Same as clavicorn . claver1t, n. clover.