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Definition of Dewclaws
1. dewclaw [n] - See also: dewclaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dewclaws
Literary usage of Dewclaws
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Hunting Dog: Modern Strains of Bird Dogs and Hounds, and Their by Warren Hastings Miller (1919)
"She had a litter of eleven pups, three of which have dewclaws also, ... Ans.—A
good veterinary can remove dewclaws, but if you attempt it yourself it will ..."
2. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"Every member carried a stick enclosed in a cover of tanned buckskin, from which
there hung down deer-hoofs or dewclaws serving as rattles. ..."
3. Camps and Trails in China: A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport by Roy Chapman Andrews, Yvette Borup Andrews (1918)
"Both the main digits and the dewclaws terminate in black, rubber-like, ...
The rubber-like balls with which the dewclaws are provided are by no means ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1896)
"... technical terms for the dewclaws of the beasts above mentioned, orgos (which
the copyist has also written argus) being an attempt at the French ergots. ..."
5. The Complete Dog Book by William A. Bruette (1922)
"The single or double dewclaws set on low, so as to be almost on a level with the
pad of the foot, give a greater surface and prevents the dog from breaking ..."
6. Dogs; their origin and varieties, directions as to their general management by H D. Richardson (1847)
"dewclaws. It frequently happens that puppies are born with a fifth toe upon the
hind foot; ... The dewclaws, when left on, are constantly coming in the ..."
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