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- noun Plural form of
dewclaw .
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Examples
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• Elk droppings form pats that resemble those of cattle; elk tracks resemble cattle tracks but can show "dewclaws" in wet soil or snow.
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Lava oozed up, and Rytlock leaped free, patting out the flames on his dewclaws.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Lava oozed up, and Rytlock leaped free, patting out the flames on his dewclaws.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Lava oozed up, and Rytlock leaped free, patting out the flames on his dewclaws.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Lava oozed up, and Rytlock leaped free, patting out the flames on his dewclaws.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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As the Case-thing padded through the woods, his paws sank into the moist earth all the way to his dewclaws.
Blood Lite II: Overbite Kevin J. Anderson 2010
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Running in every direction between piles of seaweed and the faded shells of washed up stone crabs were thousands of deer tracks -- dewclaws perfectly imprinted in the sand.
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Yeah, platypus ain't got no bite, but look out for them dewclaws.
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Research into the skeletal structure of Cetaceans shows vestiges of toes (fingers?) and dewclaws (thumbs?)
Archive 2009-07-01 News from Mad Plato 2009
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Research into the skeletal structure of Cetaceans shows vestiges of toes (fingers?) and dewclaws (thumbs?)
DOLPHINS WHALES APES AND MEN News from Mad Plato 2009
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