Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clawlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: claw-like
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a claw.

Example Sentences

"The tool, a clawlike gripper less than a millimeter in diameter, could grab cells from tissue for a biopsy, for example."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more clawlike (comparative) most clawlike (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

fingerlike pawlike handlike

Questions

What does clawlike mean?: Resembling a claw.
Where does clawlike come from?: Etymology tree English claw Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English clawlike From claw + -like.

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