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All clapperclaw synonyms

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noun clapperclaw

  • tentacle — Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
  • paw — father; pa.
  • fingernail — the nail at the end of a finger.
  • talon — a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
  • nipper — a person or thing that nips.
  • crook — A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
  • hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
  • barb — A barb is a sharp curved point near the end of an arrow or fish-hook which makes it difficult to pull out.
  • spur — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
  • unguis — a nail, claw, or hoof.
  • fang — one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
  • manus — Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
  • grapnel — a device consisting essentially of one or more hooks or clamps, for grasping or holding something; grapple; grappling iron.
  • grappler — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
  • cant hook — a heavy wooden lever with a blunt tip and a hinged hook near the end: used by lumbermen in handling logs
  • retractile — capable of being drawn back or in, as the head of a tortoise; exhibiting the power of retraction.
  • ungula — Botany. an unguis.
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