Definition of Claviger

1. n. One who carries the keys of any place.

2. n. One who carries a club; a club bearer.

Definition of Claviger

1. a club-bearer [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Claviger

clavicular
clavicular branch of thoracoacromial artery
clavicular facet
clavicular notch of sternum
clavicular part of pectoralis major muscle
clavicular percussion
claviculus
clavie
clavier
clavierist
clavieristic
clavierists
claviers
clavies
claviform
claviger (current term)
clavigerous
clavigers
clavinet
clavinets
clavipectoral fascia
clavis
clavula
clavulae
clavulanate
clavulanates
clavulanic
clavulanic acid
clavulanic acids
clavulas

Literary usage of Claviger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Western Diptera: Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Diptera from the by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken (1877)
"... has the last abdominal segment likewise distinctly swollen, especially when seen from the side. Stigma pale brownish; antennae uniformly black claviger. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"trict, developed double tertian fever from the bites of the anopheles claviger, examples of which on subsequent examination were shown to contain the ..."

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