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claw (klô)

1. A sharp, curved, horny structure at the end of a toe of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

a. A chela or similar pincerlike structure on the end of a limb of a crustacean or other arthropod.

b. A limb terminating in such a structure.

3. Something, such as the cleft end of a hammerhead, that resembles a claw.

4. Botany The narrowed, stalklike basal part of certain petals or sepals.

tr. & intr.v. clawed, claw·ing, claws

To scratch, dig, tear, or pull with or as if with claws.

[Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu.]

clawed adj.

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Adj.	1.	clawed - having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form; "sharp-clawed" unguiculate, unguiculated - having or resembling claws or nails; "unguiculate animals"; "an unguiculate flower petal"
	2.	clawed - (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons taloned armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns

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African clawed frog anteater bear claw cat's-claw chela Choloepus hoffmanni clapperclaw claw claw foot claw hammer claw hatchet clawfoot common unicorn plant echidna elephant-tusk fiddler crab genus Onychium genus Proboscidea genus Xenopus	There was a garret above, pierced with a scuttle over his head; and down through this scuttle came a cat, suspended around the haunches by a string; she had a rag tied about her head and jaws to keep her from mewing; as she slowly descended she curved upward and clawed at the string, she swung downward and clawed at the intangible air. Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context When we were abroad pushing our trail farther and farther toward the distant break which, we assumed, marked a feasible way across the range, we never knew at what second some great engine of clawed and fanged destruction might rush upon us from behind, or lie in wait for us beyond an ice-hummock or a jutting shoulder of the craggy steeps. Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context He now thought only of tearing to ribbons with his powerful talons the flesh of his antagonist, of burying his long, yellow fangs in the soft, smooth hide of the ape-man, but Tarzan had fought before with clawed creatures of the jungle. Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context	clavicle clavicorn Clavicornes Clavicular clavier claviform Claviger Clavigerous Clavis Clavius clavus Clavy claw claw back claw foot claw hammer Claw hammer coat claw hatchet Claw me, claw thee claw off claw out claw setting Claw sickness claw-shaped clawback Clawed clawfoot clawhammer Clawless clawlike claxon Clay Clay cold clay court Clay ironstone Clay marl Clay mill clay mineral clay pigeon clay pigeon shooting clay pipe Clay pit clay road clay sculpture Clay slate Clay-brained clay-colored robin claybank Clayes clayey Clayish	claw matrix (2) claw matrix (2) claw matrix (2) claw matrix (2) Claw me, claw thee claw off claw off claw out claw plate claw setting Claw sickness claw toe claw toe claw toe claw way claw way to the top claw your way back from claw-foot claw-foot Claw-hammer claw-shaped claw-type traction frame CLAWA clawback clawback clawback clawback clawbacks clawbacks clawbacks Clawed clawed back clawed back clawed back clawed back Clawed Frog Clawed Frog Clawed Salamander clawfoot clawfoot clawfooted clawfooted clawhammer clawhammer clawhammer clawhammer clawhand clawing clawing clawing clawing clawing back clawing back clawing back clawing back Clawless Clawless Clawless clawlike CLAWMLS CLAWR

There was a garret above, pierced with a scuttle over his head; and down through this scuttle came a cat, suspended around the haunches by a string; she had a rag tied about her head and jaws to keep her from mewing; as she slowly descended she curved upward and clawed at the string, she swung downward and clawed at the intangible air.

Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context

When we were abroad pushing our trail farther and farther toward the distant break which, we assumed, marked a feasible way across the range, we never knew at what second some great engine of clawed and fanged destruction might rush upon us from behind, or lie in wait for us beyond an ice-hummock or a jutting shoulder of the craggy steeps.

Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

He now thought only of tearing to ribbons with his powerful talons the flesh of his antagonist, of burying his long, yellow fangs in the soft, smooth hide of the ape-man, but Tarzan had fought before with clawed creatures of the jungle.

Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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