clawlike

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English

Alternative forms

  • claw-like

Etymology

From claw +‎ -like.

Adjective

clawlike (comparative more clawlike, superlative most clawlike)

  1. Resembling a claw
    • 2009 January 13, Henry Fountain, “A Microscopic Tool Inspired by the Human Hand”, in New York Times:
      The tool, a clawlike gripper less than a millimeter in diameter, could grab cells from tissue for a biopsy, for example.