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Definition of Dewclaw
1. n. In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground.
Definition of Dewclaw
1. Noun. A vestigial digit, hoof or claw that does not reach the ground. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dewclaw
1. a vestigial toe [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dewclaw
Literary usage of Dewclaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Moose Book: Facts and Stories from Northern Forests by Samuel Merrill (1916)
"It is not a pigment, however, dewclaw Bones of Moose but merely an oxidizing agent,
... The dewclaw bones in the hind legs are too short to be of use. ..."
2. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"Moreover, the Cheyenne society has very characteristic features — a snake-headed
notched musical instrument of antler, used to charm buffalo, and dewclaw ..."
3. The Dogs of the British Islands: Being a Series of Articles on the Points of by John Henry Walsh (1878)
"There is no doubt that the double dewclaw on the hind legs has in some way been
introduced into the strain of dogs used at the two Alpine monasteries, ..."
4. Primitive Society by Robert Harry Lowie (1920)
"For example, the Dog degree of the Hidatsa, held by mature or even old men, has
among its badges a peculiar slit sash, a dewclaw rattle, and an owl-feather ..."
5. Animal and Plant Lore: Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking by Fanny Dickerson Bergen (1899)
"If an ox lick its forefoot under the " dewclaw," it will storm. Massachusetts.
542. Notice the way the crows fly to-day; to-morrow the wind will blow from ..."
6. Camps in the Rockies: Being a Narrative of Life on the Frontier, and Sport by William Adolph Baillie-Grohman (1882)
"... by dexterously skinning it and transferring the " dewclaw," or false claw,
from the right to the left side, and then drawing the skin again over it, ..."
7. Your National Parks by Enos Abijah Mills, Laurence Frederick Schmeckebier (1917)
"The antelope is a strange, isolated species. Formerly it ranged widely over the
plains, but now it is almost exterminated. It has no dewclaw. ..."
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