clavuligerus

== Latin == === Etymology === From clāvula (“little branch or stick”) + gerō (“to bear, carry”) + -us (adjectival suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɫaː.wʊˈlɪ.ɡɛ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kla.vuˈliː.d͡ʒe.rus] === Adjective === clāvuligerus (feminine clāvuligera, neuter clāvuligerum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin) bearing a little stick or club ==== Inflection ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: Streptomyces clavuligerus ⇒ English: clavulanic acid, clavulanic