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Grammar : Noun

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Définition of claviger

Origin :
  • "one who carries a club," c.1600, from Latin claviger (an epithet of Hercules), from clava "club, knotty branch" + stem of gerere "to bear" (see gest).
  • As in custodian : noun caretaker, maintenance person
Example sentences :
  • The Claviger testaceus is a small beetle, often met in the dwellings of ants.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
  • All the species of Claviger are confined to Europe, chiefly to the south, but one species, Cl.
  • Extract from : « The History of the European Fauna » by R. F. Scharff
  • The art of domesticating the Claviger is a stage of civilisation reached by some tribes and not by others.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
  • The genera Pselaphus and Claviger, akin to the above, contain little insects which live as parasites in the nests of ants.
  • Extract from : « The Insect World » by Louis Figuier
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