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- noun Plural form of
claviger .
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Examples
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During full moons, werewolves likewise hand over the keys to their cells to human clavigers.
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Several little clavigers could be seen running here and there and everywhere through the crowd of anxious workers and timid young males and females.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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The clavigers are not the only pets in a formicary; several other species of beetles and one bug also live in ants 'nests, and seem to occupy places in the affection of the masters of the home akin to those which dogs, cats, and other pets occupy in our own affections.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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