clava

American  

[kley-vuh, klah-] / ˈkleɪ və, ˈklɑ- /

noun

Entomology.

plural

clavae

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

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Other Word Forms

• claval adjective

Etymology

Origin of clava

From the Late Latin word clāva staff, club

Example Sentences

Antenn� arcuat�, clava terminali, crassata, lineari, obtusa, in fœminis graciliore attenuata.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Cleaver represents Old Fr, clavier, a mace-bearer, Lat. clava, a club, or a door-keeper, Lat. clavis, a key.

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

In vain will tradition or texts of Scripture be adduced in support of a doctrine, 'donec clava impossibilitatis et contradictionis e manibus horum Herculum extorta fuerit.'

From The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 by Gillman, James

Clavipes is from clava, a club, and pes, a foot.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

He says that clover is a corruption of clava, a club, and that to this day we preserve the emblem of luck on our playing-cards in painting the suit of clubs.

From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Taylor, Benjamin