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Claw   /klɔ/   Listen
Claw

noun
1.
Sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles.
2.
A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something.  Synonym: hook.
3.
A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods.  Synonyms: chela, nipper, pincer.
4.
A bird's foot.
verb
(past & past part. clawed; pres. part. clawing)
1.
Move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging.
2.
Clutch as if in panic.
3.
Scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails.
4.
Attack as if with claws.



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"Claw" Quotes from Famous Books



... constant chirping or call. They seem to prefer the wet portions of the prairie. In the breeding seasons the Longspur's song has much of charm, and is uttered like the Skylark's while soaring. The Longspur is a ground feeder, and the mark of his long hind claw, or spur, can often be seen in the new snow. In 1888 the writer saw a considerable flock of Painted Longspurs feeding along the Niagara river ...
— Birds Illustrated by Color Photograph [April, 1897] - A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life • Various
... rest his soul, what can he want from yonder bright mansion of glory, where you always said he was gone," replied Mause, "that he should come again to this pitiful world? Eh me! that Peggy should ha' claw'd so fair a victim." ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) • John Roby
... wagon upon a heap of bedding sat a woman whose dimensions were fabulous. She was about forty-five years of age; her face looked as if it had been chopped with an axe; the small eyes almost disappeared beneath the puffed cheeks, and the broad breast as well as the thick, red arms and claw-like hands were repulsive in the extreme. Bushy hair of a dirty yellow color hung in a confused mass over the shoulders of the virago, and her blue cloth jacket and woollen dress were full of ...
— The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II (of 2) • Alexandre Dumas pere
... heard of it; and sent orders to the Chief Keeper to get the secret from Liang, lest it should die with him.—"How is it," said the Keeper, "that when you feed them, the tigers, wolves, eagles, and ospreys all are tame and tractable? That they roam at large in the park, yet never claw and bite one another? That they propagate their species freely, as if they were wild? His Majesty bids you reveal to me ...
— The Crest-Wave of Evolution • Kenneth Morris
... strove To coll an ash I saw, And he in trust received my love; Till with my soft green claw I cramped and bound him as I wove . . . Such ...
— Wessex Poems and Other Verses • Thomas Hardy


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