Etymology

clavicorn

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Today it means: Having antennas shaped like clubs; used especially of the Clavicornes group of beetles Full definition →

Latin clavus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromclavus“key”
  2. English todayclavicorn

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

Words from the same roots

Latinclavus all →

clovecloyclaviformclavustriclavianism

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.