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Princeton's WordNet

  1. corn, clavusnoun

    a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

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  1. clavus

    Clavus is a term primarily used to refer to a type of corn or callus, which is a hardened thickening of the skin, especially on the toes or feet, resulting from repeated pressures or frictions. The term also has various specific meanings in different fields like biology and Roman culture, where it refers to a specific fungal disease in plants and a vertical stripe on a tunic respectively.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Clavusnoun

    a callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn

  2. Etymology: [L., a nail.]

Entomology

  1. Clavus

    the club of an antenna lava and clavola: in Heteroptera, the oblong sclerite at the base of the inferior margin of the hemelytra: the knob at the end of the stigmal or radial veins in certain Hymenoptera.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of clavus in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of clavus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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