Definition of claw

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Claw (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails..

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Claw :: Claw (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink..
Clawed :: Clawed (imp. & p. p.) of Cla.
Lobster :: Lobster (n.) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters..
Ungual :: Ungual (a.) Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one..
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Clawing :: Clawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cla.
Apteryx :: Apteryx (n.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known..
Clawed :: Clawed (a.) Furnished with claws.
Monodactylous :: Monodactylous (a.) Having but one finger or claw.
Claw :: Claw (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird..
Ungual :: Ungual (a.) Having a nail, claw, or hoof attached; -- said of certain bones of the feet..
Claw :: Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails..
Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (a.) Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage..
Unguiform :: Unguiform (a.) Having the form of a claw or claws.
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary..
Cheliferous :: Cheliferous (a.) Having cheliform claws, like a crab..
Unlawed :: Unlawed (a.) Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; -- said of dogs.
Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab..
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..
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