clawlike

clawlike

English

Alternative forms

  • claw-like

Etymology

Etymology tree
English claw
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English clawlike

    From claw + -like.

    Adjective

    clawlike (comparative more clawlike, superlative most clawlike)

    1. Resembling a claw.
      Coordinate terms: fingerlike, pawlike, handlike
      • 2009 January 13, Henry Fountain, “A Microscopic Tool Inspired by the Human Hand”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        The tool, a clawlike gripper less than a millimeter in diameter, could grab cells from tissue for a biopsy, for example.
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