Claw, the Glossary
A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds).[1]
Table of Contents
75 relations: Abscission, Acta Zoologica, African clawed frog, Amniote, Amphibian, Anatomical terms of motion, Arthropod leg, Artiodactyl, Aye-aye, Beetle, Bird, Bird of prey, Boa constrictor, Boidae, Callitrichidae, Carnivora, Carnivore, Cassowary, Cat, Chelae, Columbia University Press, Crab, Dactyly, Dewclaw, Dog, Donkey, Equus (genus), Evolution (journal), Farrier, Felidae, Grooming claw, Hair, Hairy frog, Hoatzin, Homology (biology), Hoof, Horse, Horse hoof, Human, Invertebrate, Joint dislocation, Keratin, Lobster, London, Mammal, Mule, Nail (anatomy), Neontology, New World monkey, New York City, ... Expand index (25 more) »
Abscission
Abscission is the shedding of various parts of an organism, such as a plant dropping a leaf, fruit, flower, or seed.
Acta Zoologica
Acta Zoologica is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.
African clawed frog
The African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), also known as simply Xenopus, African clawed toad, African claw-toed frog or the Platanna) is a species of African aquatic frog of the family Pipidae. Its name is derived from the short black claws on its feet. The word Xenopus means 'strange foot' and laevis means 'smooth'.
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Amniote
Amniotes are tetrapod vertebrate animals belonging to the clade Amniota, a large group that comprises the vast majority of living terrestrial and semiaquatic vertebrates.
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Amphibian
Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.
Anatomical terms of motion
Motion, the process of movement, is described using specific anatomical terms.
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Arthropod leg
The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking.
Artiodactyl
Artiodactyls are placental mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla. Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof).
Aye-aye
The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a long-fingered lemur, a strepsirrhine primate native to Madagascar with rodent-like teeth that perpetually grow and a special thin middle finger that they can use to catch grubs and larvae out of tree trunks.
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Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola.
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Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
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Bird of prey
Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds).
Boa constrictor
The boa constrictor (scientific name also Boa constrictor), also known as the common boa, is a species of large, non-venomous, heavy-bodied snake that is frequently kept and bred in captivity.
Boidae
The Boidae, commonly known as boas or boids, are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific islands.
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Callitrichidae
The Callitrichidae (also called Arctopitheci or Hapalidae) are a family of New World monkeys, including marmosets, tamarins, and lion tamarins.
Carnivora
Carnivora is an order of placental mammals that have specialized in primarily eating flesh, whose members are formally referred to as carnivorans.
Carnivore
A carnivore, or meat-eater (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning meat or "flesh" and vorare meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements are met by the consumption of animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other soft tissues) whether through hunting or scavenging.
Cassowary
Cassowaries (muruk, kasuari, Biak: man suar, Papuan: kasu weri) are flightless birds of the genus Casuarius in the order Casuariiformes.
Cat
The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.
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Chelae
A chelaalso called a claw, nipper, or pinceris a pincer-shaped organ at the end of certain limbs of some arthropods.
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Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University.
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Crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the thorax (brachyura means "short tail" in Greek).
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Dactyly
In biology, dactyly is the arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal.
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Dewclaw
A dewclaw is a digit – vestigial in some animals – on the foot of many mammals, birds, and reptiles (including some extinct orders, like certain theropods).
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Dog
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf.
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Donkey
The donkey or ass is a domesticated equine.
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Equus (genus)
Equus is a genus of mammals in the family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras.
Evolution (journal)
Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, is a monthly scientific journal that publishes significant new results of empirical or theoretical investigations concerning facts, processes, mechanics, or concepts of evolutionary phenomena and events.
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Farrier
A farrier is a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses' hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, if necessary.
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Felidae
Felidae is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats.
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Grooming claw
A grooming claw (or toilet claw) is the specialized claw or nail on the foot of certain primates, used for personal grooming.
Hair
Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis.
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Hairy frog
The hairy frog (Trichobatrachus robustus) also known as the horror frog or Wolverine frog, is a Central African species of frog in the family Arthroleptidae.
Hoatzin
The hoatzin or hoactzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco basins in South America.
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Homology (biology)
In biology, homology is similarity due to shared ancestry between a pair of structures or genes in different taxa.
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Hoof
The hoof (hooves) is the tip of a toe of an ungulate mammal, which is covered and strengthened with a thick and horny keratin covering.
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Horse
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal.
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Horse hoof
A horse hoof is the lower extremity of each leg of a horse, the part that makes contact with the ground and carries the weight of the animal.
Human
Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.
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Invertebrate
Invertebrates is an umbrella term describing animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a spine or backbone), which evolved from the notochord.
Joint dislocation
A joint dislocation, also called luxation, occurs when there is an abnormal separation in the joint, where two or more bones meet.
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Keratin
Keratin is one of a family of structural fibrous proteins also known as scleroproteins.
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Lobster
Lobsters are malacostracans of the family Nephropidae (synonym Homaridae).
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
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Mule
The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse.
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Nail (anatomy)
A nail is a protective plate characteristically found at the tip of the digits (fingers and toes) of all primates, corresponding to the claws in other tetrapod animals.
Neontology
Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, recent) organisms.
New World monkey
New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
The New Zealand Electronic Text Collection (NZETC; Te Pūhikotuhi o Aotearoa) is a freely accessible online archive of New Zealand and Pacific Islands texts and heritage materials that are held by the Victoria University of Wellington Library.
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Night monkey
Night monkeys, also known as owl monkeys or douroucoulis, are nocturnal New World monkeys of the genus Aotus, the only member of the family Aotidae.
Nimravidae
Nimravidae is an extinct family of carnivorans, sometimes known as false saber-toothed cats, whose fossils are found in North America and Eurasia.
Pangolin
Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota.
Paw
A paw is the soft foot-like part of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws.
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Personal grooming
Grooming (also called preening) is the art and practice of cleaning and maintaining parts of the body.
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Phalanx bone
The phalanges (phalanx) are digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates.
Pincer (biology)
A pincer is the part of an arthropod that enables it to carry loads, to defend against other creatures, or to attack prey.
Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.
Primate
Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.
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Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
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Reptile
Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.
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Reptiliomorpha
Reptiliomorpha (meaning reptile-shaped; in PhyloCode known as Pan-Amniota) is a clade containing the amniotes and those tetrapods that share a more recent common ancestor with amniotes than with living amphibians (lissamphibians).
Scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones.
Spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk.
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Spur (zoology)
A spur is an outgrowth of bone covered in a sheath of horn found in various anatomical locations in some animals. Claw and spur (zoology) are animal anatomy.
Strepsirrhini
Strepsirrhini or Strepsirhini is a suborder of primates that includes the lemuriform primates, which consist of the lemurs of Madagascar, galagos ("bushbabies") and pottos from Africa, and the lorises from India and southeast Asia.
Tarsier
Tarsiers are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is, itself, the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes.
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Tetrapod
A tetrapod is any four-limbed vertebrate animal of the superclass Tetrapoda.
Titi monkey
The titis, or titi monkeys, are New World monkeys of the subfamily Callicebinae, which contains three extant genera: Cheracebus, Callicebus, and Plecturocebus. This subfamily also contains the extinct genera Miocallicebus, Homunculus, and Carlocebus.
Toe
Toes are the digits of the foot of a tetrapod.
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Turaco
The turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae ("banana-eaters"), which includes plantain-eaters and go-away-birds.
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Ungulate
Ungulates are members of the diverse clade Euungulata ("true ungulates"), which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves.
Viverridae
Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, feliform mammals.
Walter Buller
Sir Walter Lawry Buller (9 October 1838 – 19 July 1906) was a New Zealand lawyer and naturalist who was a dominant figure in New Zealand ornithology.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claw
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