clawlike

English

Alternative forms

• claw-like

Etymology

From claw +‎ -like.

Adjective

clawlike (comparative more clawlike, superlative most clawlike)

1. Resembling a claw.

   Coordinate terms: fingerlike, pawlike, handlike

   • 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.