clava
Americannoun
plural
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Etymology
Origin of clava
From the Late Latin word clāva staff, club
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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 Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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