clavola
Americannoun
PLURAL
clavolae-
the terminal, enlarged, usually club-shaped portion of a capitate, lamellate, or clavate antenna.
Etymology
Origin of clavola
< New Latin, equivalent to Late Latin clāv ( a ) club + -ola, variant of -ula -ule
Example Sentences
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Clava: a club; the enlarged apical joints of a clubbed antenna: = clavola.
From Project Gutenberg
Clavus: the club of an antenna lava and clavola: in Heteroptera, the oblong sclerite at the base of the inferior margin of the hemelytra: the knob at the end of the stigmal or radial veins in certain Hymenoptera.
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