Claw vs. Talon

Clawnoun

A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

Clawnoun

A foot equipped with such.

Clawnoun

The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.

Clawnoun

A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.

Clawnoun

(botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.

Clawnoun

(juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.

Clawverb

To scratch or to tear at.

Clawverb

To use the claws to seize, to grip.

Clawverb

To use the claws to climb.

Clawverb

(juggling) To perform a claw catch.

Clawverb

To move with one's fingertips.

Clawverb

(obsolete) To relieve uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching; hence, to humor or flatter, to court someone.

Clawverb

(obsolete) To rail at; to scold.

Clawverb

To flatter; to fawn on (a person).

Clawnoun

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

Clawnoun

The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.

Clawnoun

Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

Clawnoun

A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.

Clawverb

To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.

Clawverb

To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.

Clawverb

To rail at; to scold.

Clawverb

To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.

Clawnoun

sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles

Clawnoun

a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

Clawnoun

a structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

Clawnoun

a bird's foot that has claws

Clawverb

move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging;

Clawverb

clutch as if in panic;

Clawverb

scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails

Clawverb

attack as if with claws;

Clawnoun

a curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.

Clawnoun

either of a pair of small hooked appendages on an insect's foot.

Clawnoun

the pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod.

Clawnoun

a mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.

Clawverb

scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails

Clawverb

clutch at something with the hands

Clawverb

make one's way with difficulty by hauling oneself forward with one's hands

Clawverb

try desperately to move or remove something with the hands

Clawverb

scratch (a part of one's body) gently so as to relieve itching.

Clawverb

(of a sailing ship) beat to windward

Claw

A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). Some invertebrates such as beetles and spiders have somewhat similar fine, hooked structures at the end of the leg or tarsus for gripping a surface as they walk.

Talonnoun

A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.

Talonnoun

(zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.

Talonnoun

(architecture) A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)

Talonnoun

The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

Talonnoun

In the card game bezique, the remaining stock of undealt cards.

Talonnoun

The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.

Talonnoun

One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.

Talonnoun

A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; - usually called an ogee.

Talonnoun

The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

Talonnoun

a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey

Talonnoun

a claw, especially one belonging to a bird of prey

Talonnoun

the part of a bolt against which the key presses to slide it in a lock.

Talonnoun

(in various card games) the cards that have not yet been dealt.

Talonnoun

a printed form attached to a bearer bond that enables the holder to apply for a new sheet of coupons when the existing coupons have been used up.

Talonnoun

an ogee moulding.