n, pl  cla*vae   :  a clublike structure: as  a  :  the fruiting body of some fungi  b  :  a slight bulbous enlargement that forms part of the wall of the fourth ventricle of the brain and is the seat of a nucleus contributing axons to the lemniscus cla*val adj 
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  calf  cal·va  clavi  cleave 
 
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