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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..

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..

Falcula :: Falcula (n.) A curved and sharp-pointed claw.

Claw :: Claw (n.) To rail at; to scold.

Triungulus :: Triungulus (n.) The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet armed with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of Oil beetle, under Oil..

Retractile :: Retractile (a.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile..

Tatouay :: Tatouay (n.) An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo..

Ungual :: Ungual (a.) Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one..

Creeper :: Creeper (n.) An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there..

Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.

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..

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..

Dactylar :: Dactylar (a.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean..

Morne :: Morne (a.) Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion represented heraldically..

Ungual :: Ungual (a.) Having a nail, claw, or hoof attached; -- said of certain bones of the feet..

Scrabble :: Scrabble (v. t.) To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree..

Cheliferous :: Cheliferous (a.) Having cheliform claws, like a crab..

Bird''s-foot :: Bird's-foot (n.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point..

Clawed :: Clawed (a.) Furnished with claws.

Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

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