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claw toe

claw toe noun: a deformity of the toe characterized by a raised middle phalanx and a down-angled distal phalanx.

Noun

claw toe (countable and uncountable, plural claw toes)

  1. (uncountable) A deformity of the toe characterized by a raised middle phalanx and a down-angled distal phalanx.
  2. (countable) A toe with this deformity.
    • The large toes are also painfully jammed into the end of the shoe, and the front of the foot is crammed into the narrow tip, producing hammertoes and claw toes.1979 February 14, Jane E[llen] Brody, “Personal Health”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2018

Forms of claw toe

pluralclaw toes

Questions about claw toe

What does claw toe mean?
Claw toe means a deformity of the toe characterized by a raised middle phalanx and a down-angled distal phalanx.
What part of speech is claw toe?
Claw toe is a noun.
What is the plural of claw toe?
The plural of claw toe is claw toes.

Words near claw toe in the dictionary

  1. claw me, claw thee
  2. claw off
  3. claw ring
  4. claw rings
  5. claw sickness
  6. claw toe
  7. claw toes
  8. claw tool
  9. claw-foot
  10. claw-hammer coat
  11. claw-hammer coats

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