Clavus

Clavus may refer to:

• Claudius Clavus (born 1388), 15th-century Danish cartographer
• Clavus (gastropod), a genus of snails in the family Drilliidae
• The Roman clavus, a reddish-purple stripe on garments that distinguished members of the senatorial and equestrian orders; see laticlave and angusticlavia
• A shooting pain in the forehead, associated with hysteria, also called clavus hystericus
• Corn (medicine), type of callus formed on the toes
• The plant disease ergot
• The pseudo-tail of the Molidae (sunfish)
• In Hemiptera, a usually narrow strip of the hemelytron adjacent to the scutellum

See also

• Clav (disambiguation)

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