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

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