| catclaw | (noun) erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida | Synonyms: black bead, cat's-claw, Pithecellobium unguis-cati |
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| clapperclaw | (verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: abuse, blackguard, shout |
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| (verb) claw with the nails | - |
| claw | (noun) sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles | - |
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| (noun) a bird's foot | - |
| (noun) a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods | Synonyms: chela, nipper, pincer |
| (noun) a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something | Synonyms: hook |
| (verb) attack as if with claws | - |
| (verb) scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails | - |
| (verb) clutch as if in panic | - |
| (verb) move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging | - |
| clawback | (noun) finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way | - |
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| clawed | (adjective) (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons | Synonyms: taloned |
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| (adjective) having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form | - |
| clawfoot | (noun) a deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw | Synonyms: pes cavus |
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| clawhammer | (noun) a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails | Synonyms: carpenter's hammer, claw hammer |
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| clawlike | (adjective) resembling a claw | - |
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| declaw | (verb) remove the claws from | - |
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| owlclaws | (noun) stout perennial herb of western United States having flower heads with drooping orange-yellow rays; causes spewing sickness in sheep | Synonyms: Helenium hoopesii, orange sneezeweed |
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