Definition of claw

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Claw (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw..

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Adactylous :: Adactylous (a.) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Disarmed :: Disarmed (a.) Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks..
Foussa :: Foussa (n.) A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws..
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..
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Claw :: Claw (n.) To rail at; to scold.
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..
Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (n.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base, as the petals of a carnation..
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..
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..
Sloth :: Sloth (n.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico..
Unguiform :: Unguiform (a.) Having the form of a claw or claws.
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..
Bird''s-foot :: Bird's-foot (n.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point..
Claw :: Claw (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink..
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..
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.
Claw :: Claw (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird..
Falculate :: Falculate (a.) Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon..
Accipiter :: Accipiter (n.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk..
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