Meaning

Something that forms clumps..

Definitions by Sense

1. Something that forms clumps.
2. A part of a device that is used for the formation of clumps.
3. The larger claw of a lobster.
4. (Newfoundland) Synonym of clumpet (“floating piece of sea ice”).
5. A heavy percussive noise, like that of heavy footfalls.
6. One who clumps; one who walks with a clumping gait.
7. A heavy boot or shoe.
8. (Australia) A horse that comes from a heavy breed, such as a part-Clydesdale.

Example Sentences

The clumper, MP, had no glucosyltransferase activity on the surface but did in the Golgi, while the non-clumper, HR, had it on the surface and not in the Golgi.

[…] the same molecualr ^([sic]) weight as a clumper did not aggregate in broth (Fig. 4) .

in the case of spreading versus clumping eggs, when the average fitness is calculated for a large number of spreaders, the issue of individual variance in reproductive success vanishes. Put another way, the contribution to the overall average fitness by a clumper who loses her nest and produces zero offspring is exactly offset by a successful clumper that produces a whole brood ( see also Hopper et al. 2003 )

This was then pumped up to an elevated tank and piped from there through a constant-level tank to the dropper tubes of the clumper placed in a row above the drum.

"Reckon he's getting on for five pounds," said Richard eagerly. "Look at the size of that clumper claw ! " The two asymmetric claws of the lobster were known as the pincher and the clumper, and the clumper was always bigger .

An' the glow was the light of our fire, which had come close t' my father's place; for—look you—my father's clumper was heavy an' slow t' move, an' the pans o' the floe, whipped t' racin' speed by the wind, was drivin' past, with the win'ward edge o' the ice overhaulin' that clumper all the while.

All he wanted now was to rest a little; just to sit down awhile, behind a clumper, to stretch out his tormented legs, to lie back a few minutes.

The worse thing I seen was when I tried to get another pan and I fell over a clumper. Only it warn't no clumper. 'Twas Reuben Crewe and his son, froze together, and the old fellow's arms tight around the lad, and the lad's head buried under his father's jacket.

Word Forms

• clumpers
• clumpering
• clumpered

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