Clavus
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Clavus may refer to:
- ClavusClavus (gastropod)Clavus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae. -Description:Apart from the general characteristics of the genera in the family Drilliidae, the species in the genus Clavus have a shell with peripheral tubercles, spines or wing-like processes. The...
: a genus of gastropods in the family DrilliidaeDrilliidaeDrilliidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Description:... - the plant disease ergotErgotErgot or ergot fungi refers to a group of fungi of the genus Claviceps. The most prominent member of this group is Claviceps purpurea. This fungus grows on rye and related plants, and produces alkaloids that can cause ergotism in humans and other mammals who consume grains contaminated with its...
; - the Roman laticlaveLaticlaveIn Ancient Roman regalia, a laticlave, or clavus, was a broad stripe or band of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators as an emblem of office, from which the difference of the tunica angusticlavia, and laticlavia....
; - a shooting pain in the forehead, associated with hysteria, also called clavus hystericus;
- a Clavus (medicine) formed on the toes
- the pseudo-tail of the sunfishMolidaeMolidae is the family of the molas or ocean sunfishes, unique fish whose bodies come to an end just behind the dorsal and anal fins, giving them a "half-a-fish" appearance...
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