clavus
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clavi
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Psychiatry. an intense headache in which the pain is likened to one that would be produced by a sharp object driven into the skull.
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(in ancient Rome) a vertical stripe or band of purple worn on the tunic by senators and equites.
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Entomology. clavola.
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Etymology
Origin of clavus
1800–10; < Latin: literally, nail; akin to claudere to close
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But in this case, scientists discovered a giant structure built entirely out of one species of coral, known as Pavona clavus.
From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 27, 2024
The coral is a species called Pavona clavus and provides a home to shrimp, crabs, fish and other marine creatures.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
The clavus was a purple border, by which the senators, and other orders, with the magistrates, were distinguished; the breadth of the stripe corresponding with their rank.
From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
The equites were distinguished by a narrow stripe called angustus clavus.
From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Charles K. Dillaway
Senators had a broad stripe of purple, sewed on the breast of their tunic, called latus clavus, which is sometimes put for the tunic itself, or the dignity of a senator.
From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Charles K. Dillaway
Many improvements have from time to time been made on this model, which at last arrived at the perfection exhibited in the newly patented clavi harp.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various
It is needless to point out how far, in these respects, the harp is surpassed by the clavi harp.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various
The clavi harp is free from all the objections inherent in the ordinary harp.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various
Pulvil′lus, a foot-pad between the clavi of the terminal tarsal joint of an insect's leg—also Pulvin′ulus.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
The external form of the clavi harp resembles that of the harp, and all the cords, or strings, are visible.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various
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