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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
claves /kleɪvz, klɑːvz/

▶plural noun a pair of hardwood sticks used in music to make a hollow sound when struck together.

– origin 1920s: from Latin Amer. Sp., from Sp. clave ‘keystone’, from L. clavis ‘key’.

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