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claw

Curved, pointed appendage at the end of a digit of a mammal, bird, or reptile

Entityanatomical structure class typeQ217605

Also known as claws

Instance of: anatomical structure class type
Subclass of: skin appendage
, hoof and claw

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A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes. Some invertebrates such as beetles, spiders, and velvet worms have somewhat similar fine, hooked structures at the end of the leg or tarsus for gripping a surface as they walk. The pincers of crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimps, prawns and scorpions, more formally known as their chelae, are sometimes called claws.

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Different from: Claw
Has use: attack
Said to be the same as: nail

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25 identifiers linking claw across the web's reference databases

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