clava

[ kley-vuh, klah- ]

/ ˈkleɪ və, ˈklɑ- /

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the two or more enlarged distal segments that form the bulbous end of a clavate antenna.

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From the Late Latin word clāva staff, club

claval, adjective

In Colymbetes serricornis, a water-beetle, the male has a serrated clava of four joints.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)|William Kirby
Variations of the kind we are considering are also observable in the clava, or knob, in which antenn often terminate.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)|William Kirby
The Prickly-fruited sculus has nearly ripened its nut, Zanthoxylon clava herculis, in fruit, a "wild gourd" not in flower.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XIV|Edwin James
(a) Tentacles filiform; type of Clava (fig. 5), Cordylophora, &c.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2|Various

The finest examples were at Clava, seven miles from Inverness, where fifty years ago there were eight still in existence.
Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders|T. Eric Peet