Definition of claw

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of claw is as below...

Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..

Lern More About Claw

Claw :: Claw (n.) To rail at; to scold.
Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage..
Crow :: Crow (v. i.) A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar..
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..
Dactylar :: Dactylar (a.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean..
Adactylous :: Adactylous (a.) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.
Claw :: Claw (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw..
Retractile :: Retractile (a.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile..
Heron :: Heron (n.) Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons..
Falculate :: Falculate (a.) Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon..
Falcon :: Falcon (n.) One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight..
Cheliferous :: Cheliferous (a.) Having cheliform claws, like a crab..
Ungula :: Ungula (n.) A hoof, claw, or talon..
Claw :: Claw (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
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..
Crowfoot :: Crowfoot (n.) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc..
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..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us