clava
Americannoun
plural
clavaeOther Word Forms
- claval adjective
Etymology
Origin of clava
From the Late Latin word clāva staff, club
Example Sentences
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Antenn� mediocres vel elongat�, rect�, graciles; clava subterminali, brevi, crassata, cylindracea; unco abrupto, brevi, acuminato.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
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
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
F. niger capite linea transversa constricto; vertice lineis quatuor elevatis clypeoque tribus, antennis piceis clava obscura, thorace punctis elevatis scabro: elytris punctis impressis striatis, punctis conspicuis argenteo-squamigeris pedibus rufis geniculis obscuris.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker
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
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