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clavicle

n.
US //ˈkɫævəkəɫ// UK //klˈævɪkəl// clav·i·cle Archaic
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French clavicule, from Latin clāvicula (“a small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”).

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