ETYM AS. clawu, clâ, cleó; akin to Dutch klaauw, German klaue, Icel. klô, Swed. and Dan. klo, and perh. to Eng. clew.
1. A bird's foot that has claws.
2. A structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods; SYN. chela, nipper, pincer.
3. Sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles; SYN. unguis.
Hard, hooked, pointed outgrowth of the digits of mammals, birds, and most reptiles. Claws are composed of the protein keratin, and grow continuously from a bundle of cells in the lower skin layer. Hooves and nails are modified structures with the same origin as claws. + prikaži više

A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions; SYN. nursery, glasshouse.

A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.

ETYM French, heel, spur, Late Lat. talo, from Latin talus the ankle, heel.
A sharp hooked claw esp. on a bird of prey.

1. Limited in size or scope
2. Not wide
3. Very limited in degree

1. Set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
2. Securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
3. Packed closely together
4. Of such close construction as to be impermeable
5. Closely constrained or constricted or constricting
6. (Economics) Affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow