clawlike

English

Alternative forms
  • claw-like

Etymology

claw +‎ -like

Adjective

clawlike (comparative more clawlike, superlative most clawlike)

  1. Resembling a claw
    • 2009 January 13, Henry Fountain, “A Microscopic Tool Inspired by the Human Hand”, in New York Times‎:
      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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