clava
[ kley-vuh, klah- ]
noun,plural cla·vae [kley-vee, klah-vahy]. /ˈkleɪ vi, ˈklɑ vaɪ/. Entomology.
the two or more enlarged distal segments that form the bulbous end of a clavate antenna.
Origin of clava
1From the Late Latin word clāva staff, club
Other words from clava
- claval, adjective
Words Nearby clava
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How to use clava in a sentence
In Colymbetes serricornis, a water-beetle, the male has a serrated clava of four joints.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William KirbyVariations 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 KirbyThe 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.
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
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