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clavicorn

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clav⋅i⋅corn

[klav-i-kawrn]
–adjective
1. having club-shaped antennae, as many beetles of the group Clavicornia.
2. belonging or pertaining to the group Clavicornia.
–noun
3. a clavicorn beetle.

Origin:
1830–40; < NL clavicornis, equiv. to LL clāv(a) club + -i- -i- + -cornis, comb. form of cornū horn
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