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clawed

Variant of claw

noun

  1. a sharp, hooked or curved horny structure, or nail, on the foot of a bird and of many reptiles and mammals
  2. a foot with such structures at its end
  3. the pincers, or chela, of a lobster, crab, scorpion, etc., or on the limb of certain insects
  4. anything resembling or regarded as a claw: the claw of a hammer

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to scratch, clutch, pull, dig, or tear with or as with claws

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