Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devil's claw

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: dev-il's -claw
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior

noun

Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:

noun

Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:

noun

Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:

noun

Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:

noun

Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:

noun

A metal hook for grabbing a ship's anchor chain.

noun

A plant, Harpagophytum procumbens, native to southern Africa, whose tuberous roots are used in folk medicine to reduce pain.

Inflected Forms

devil's claws (plural)

Synonyms

grapple plant wood spider devil's claw common unicorn plant common devil's claw elephant-tusk proboscis flower ram's horn proboscidea louisianica

Questions

What does devil's claw mean?: Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior

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