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- DictionaryClaw/klô/
noun
- 1. a curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.
verb
- 1. (of an animal or person) scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails: "the kitten was clawing at Lowell's trouser leg"
1. : a sharp usually slender and curved nail on the toe of an animal. 2. : any of various sharp curved processes especially at the end of a limb (as of an insect) also : a limb ending in such a process. 3. : one of the pincerlike organs terminating some limbs of various arthropods (such as a lobster or scorpion) 4.
a sharp, usually curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog, or bird. a similar curved process at the end of the leg of an insect. the pincerlike extremity of specific limbs of certain arthropods: lobster claws. any part or thing resembling a claw, as the cleft end of the head of a hammer.
one of the sharp, curved nails at the end of each of the toes of some animals and birds: Our cat likes to sharpen her claws on the legs of the dining table. A claw is also the curved, movable part at the end of the leg of some insects and sea animals, such as crabs and lobsters: Watch out – the lobster’s claws pinch.
one of the sharp, curved nails at the end of each of the toes of some animals and birds: Our cat likes to sharpen her claws on the legs of the dining table. A claw is also the curved, movable part at the end of the leg of some insects and sea animals, such as crabs and lobsters: Watch out – the lobster’s claws pinch.
n. 1. a sharp, usu. curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog, or bird. 2. a similar curved process at the end of the leg of an insect. 3. the pincerlike extremity of specific limbs of certain arthropods: lobster claws.
As a noun, a claw is the pointy finger-like grabbers that birds, insects, and some lizards and mammals have. Machines can have claws too, and maybe you’ve seen the game at an arcade where you make a metal claw pick up a toy.
claw in American English. (klɔ) noun. 1. a sharp, usually curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog, or bird. 2. a similar curved process at the end of the leg of an insect. 3. the pincerlike extremity of specific limbs of certain arthropods.
