Definition:
				
				
				- (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
- (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
- (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
- (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
- (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.
- (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.
- (n.) To rail at; to scold.
- (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.
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			clam vs. claw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. flaw
			
			
			
			
			
			clad vs. claw
			
			
			
			
			
			chaw vs. claw
			
			
			
			
			
			caw vs. claw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. clew
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. plaw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. slaw
			
			
			
			
			
			clan vs. claw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. craw
			
			
			
			
			
			clap vs. claw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. law
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. sage
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. tooth
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. pincher
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. unguiferous
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. unguicular
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. unguiform
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. ungular
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. unguiculate
			
			
			
			
			
			cheliferous vs. claw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. clawless
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. hoatzin
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. ungula
			
			
			
			
			
			barghest vs. claw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. jacana
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. unce
			
			
			
			
			
			cabassou vs. claw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. hand
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. pawl
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. jaw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. unguis
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. ungual
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. monodactylous
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. lawe
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. pounced
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. dewclaw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. clawed
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. uncus
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. scratch
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. sere
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. grapple
			
			
			
			
			
			chela vs. claw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. talon
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. didactyl
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. pounce
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. overhand
			
			
			
			
			
			ball vs. claw
			
			
			
			
			
			catch vs. claw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. foot
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. digit
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. curved
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. unarmed
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. hoof
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. crab
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. paw
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. nail
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. clutch
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. hammerhead
			
			
			
			
			
			claw vs. raptor