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bear claw
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Noun1.bear claw - almond-flavored yeast-raised pastry shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw
coffee roll, sweet roll - any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze
2.bear claw - an incised design resembling the claw of a bear; used in Native American pottery
pattern, design, figure - a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
3.bear claw - claw of a bear; often used in jewelry
claw - sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles


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A good bear skin floor rug will have the real bear claws on its hands.
Excavations in York between 1976 and 1981 turned up bear claws used as necklaces or simple keepsakes and, of course, the most fearsome Viking warriors, the berserkers, dressed up as bears to frighten their enemies and believed they took the spirit and strength of the bear into battle with them.
``I'd load up with 105 loaves of large whites, 40 browns, 20 dozen glazed doughnuts, 10 mixed cakes, a few dozen bear claws, cinnamon twists, Danish, and pies, then head home,'' he said.
 
 
 
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