/kloh"vis/ , n.
1. a town in central California. 33,021.
2. a city in E New Mexico. 31,194.
3. a male given name.
/kloh"vis/ , adj.
of or pertaining to a Paleo-Indian cultural tradition of North America, esp. the American Southwest, dated 10,000-9000 B.C. and characterized by a usually bifacial, fluted stone projectile point (Clovis point) used in big-game hunting.
[ 1955-60; after CLOVIS, New Mexico, near where such projectile points were found ]