clavis

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A Roman key.
2. noun A device for restraint of the hands.
3. noun Synonym of glossary: a key to the meaning of various terms.
4. noun A key; an identification guide; a series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.

Similar words

key clavisymbalum clavisimbalum clavicula clavola clivus clasper clavy clausilium clava

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