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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Part of the cranium at the skull base, a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae that slopes obliquely backward.
2. 2
   A road ascending a slope in Ancient Rome. historical

Etymology

Derived from Latin clīvus (“slope, hill”).

Related phrases

ancient romedorsum sellae

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