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 (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw..
Dog :: Dog (n.) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them..
Ungula :: Ungula (n.) A hoof, claw, or talon..
Claw :: Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails..
Uncus :: Uncus (n.) A hook or claw.
Goll :: Goll (n.) A hand, paw, or claw..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow..
Caryophyllaceous :: Caryophyllaceous (a.) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink.
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..
Clawless :: Clawless (a.) Destitute of claws.
Monodactylous :: Monodactylous (a.) Having but one finger or claw.
Claw :: Claw (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink..
Pounced :: Pounced (a.) Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle..
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..
Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.
Falcula :: Falcula (n.) A curved and sharp-pointed claw.
Unce :: Unce (n.) A claw.
Pseudoscorpiones :: Pseudoscorpiones (n. pl.) An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book..
Chelicera :: Chelicera (n.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects..
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.
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