Claw

Definitions

1. A surname from Navajo.
2. A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
3. A foot equipped with such.
4. The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
5. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
6. A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.
   colloquial
7. A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
8. The act of catching a ball overhand.
9. A tree with one internal vertex and three leaves.

Equivalents

Examples

“a narrow base⟳, as the petals of a Rose, where the claw is very short”

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