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Clawed

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claw  (klô)
n.
1. A sharp, curved, horny structure at the end of a toe of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
2.
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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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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