Synonyms for claviger
| 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
- 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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