clavola

[ klav-uh-luh ]

noun

, Entomology.

, plural clav·o·lae [klav, -, uh, -lee].

1. the terminal, enlarged, usually club-shaped portion of a capitate, lamellate, or clavate antenna.
2. flagellum ( def 3 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of clavola¹

< New Latin, equivalent to Late Latin clāv ( a ) club + -ola, variant of -ula -ule

Example Sentences

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.

From Project Gutenberg