n.
Pronunciation: ' klo ̇
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
Etymology: Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu hoof, claw; akin to Old Norse kl ō claw, and probably to Old English cliewen ball ― more at CLEW
Date: before 12th century
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 (as a lobster or scorpion)
4 : something that resembles a claw specifically : the forked end of a tool (as a hammer)
– clawed \ ' klo ̇ d \ adjective
– claw · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective