Definition of claw

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Claw (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird..

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Crowfoot :: Crowfoot (n.) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc..
Goll :: Goll (n.) A hand, paw, or claw..
Falcula :: Falcula (n.) A curved and sharp-pointed claw.
Cancer :: Cancer (n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework..
Claw :: Claw (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird..
Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..
Accipiter :: Accipiter (n.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk..
Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting..
Harpy :: Harpy (n.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three..
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp..
Sheep''s-foot :: Sheep's-foot (n.) A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies..
Ungular :: Ungular (a.) Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual..
Dewclaw :: Dewclaw (n.) In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground..
Adactylous :: Adactylous (a.) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (a.) Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
Crapple :: Crapple (n.) A claw.
Falculate :: Falculate (a.) Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon..
Wolf''s-claw :: Wolf's-claw (n.) A kind of club moss. See Lycopodium.
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious..
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