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claw toes

claw toes is the plural of claw toe.

Meaning of claw toe

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

Questions about claw toes

What is claw toes the plural of?
Claw toes is the plural of claw toe.

Words near claw toes in the dictionary

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

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