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English
Etymology
From claw + foot.
Noun
clawfoot (countable and uncountable, plural clawfeet)
- (medicine, uncountable) A condition of the human foot in which the sole of the foot is distinctly hollow when bearing weight, i.e. it has a fixed plantar flexion.
- (countable) A foot of this kind.
- (countable) A decorative foot on a bathtub etc. resembling a claw.
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