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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..

Wolf''s-claw :: Wolf's-claw (n.) A kind of club moss. See Lycopodium.

Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To stroke with a claw.

Sere :: Sere (n.) Claw; talon.

Goll :: Goll (n.) A hand, paw, or claw..

Pounce :: Pounce (v. t.) The claw or talon of a bird of prey.

Unlawed :: Unlawed (a.) Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; -- said of dogs.

Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (n.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base, as the petals of a carnation..

Lawe :: Lawe (v. t.) To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet..

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

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..

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..

Dewclaw :: Dewclaw (n.) In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground..

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..

Paw :: Paw (n.) The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc..

Monodactylous :: Monodactylous (a.) Having but one finger or claw.

Clee :: Clee (n.) A claw.

Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist..

Pounce :: Pounce (v. i.) To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively..

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

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