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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..

Disarmed :: Disarmed (a.) Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks..

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

Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.

Expeditate :: Expeditate (v. t.) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer..

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..

Fiddler :: Fiddler (n.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab..

Chely :: Chely (n.) A claw. See Chela.

Caperclaw :: Caperclaw (v. t.) To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse..

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

Grapnel :: Grapnel (n.) A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grappling iron; a grab; -- written also grapline, and crapnel..

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

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp..

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

Raptorial :: Raptorial (a.) Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals..

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

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

Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle..

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

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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