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Hagbut :: Hagbut (n.) A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim..

Falcated :: Falcated (a.) Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed..

Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

Angulous :: Angulous (a.) Angular; having corners; hooked.

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

Accipitres :: Accipitres (n. pl.) The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls..

Uncous :: Uncous (a.) Hooklike; hooked.

Toothbill :: Toothbill (n.) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea..

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked..

Hooked :: Hooked (a.) Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird..

Hamular :: Hamular (a.) Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone..

Needle :: Needle (n.) A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting..

Shrike :: Shrike (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher..

Span :: Span (v. t.) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used..

Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

Cleavers :: Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc..

Claw :: Claw (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird..

Falcon :: Falcon (n.) One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight..

Hamated :: Hamated (a.) Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate..

Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc..

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