clava

[ kley-vuh, klah- ]

noun

, Entomology.

, plural cla·vae [kley, -vee, klah, -vahy].

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

Other Words From

• claval adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of clava¹

From the Late Latin word clāva staff, club

Example Sentences

In Colymbetes serricornis, a water-beetle, the male has a serrated clava of four joints.

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Variations of the kind we are considering are also observable in the clava, or knob, in which antenn often terminate.

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The Prickly-fruited sculus has nearly ripened its nut, Zanthoxylon clava herculis, in fruit, a "wild gourd" not in flower.

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(a) Tentacles filiform; type of Clava (fig. 5), Cordylophora, &c.

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The finest examples were at Clava, seven miles from Inverness, where fifty years ago there were eight still in existence.

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