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clavicorn

clavicorn adjective: having antennas shaped like clubs; used especially of the Clavicornes group of beetles.

Adjective

clavicorn (not comparable)

  1. Having antennas shaped like clubs; used especially of the Clavicornes group of beetles

Noun

clavicorn (plural clavicorns)

  1. One of the Clavicornes.

Forms of clavicorn

pluralclavicorns

Origin of clavicorn

From Latin clavus (“key”) + cornu (“horn”).

Questions about clavicorn

What does clavicorn mean?
Clavicorn means having antennas shaped like clubs; used especially of the Clavicornes group of beetles.
What part of speech is clavicorn?
Clavicorn can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near clavicorn in the dictionary

  1. clavicitheriums
  2. clavicle
  3. clavicled
  4. clavicles
  5. clavicor
  6. clavicorn
  7. clavicorns
  8. clavicors
  9. clavicula
  10. claviculae
  11. clavicular

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