Bearing or carrying keys, or having clubbed antennae like a claviger ant.
From Latin clavis (key) + -ger (bearing) + -ous (full of). Formed by adding the adjectival suffix -ous to claviger, creating an adjective describing something that has the quality of being key-bearing.
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