footpaw
Syllables: foot·pawUK/ˈfʊt.pɔː//ˈfʊt.pɔ/
footpaw noun: a fursuit shoe which is shaped like an animal's paw.

Noun
footpaw (plural feetpaws or footpaws)
- A fursuit shoe which is shaped like an animal's paw.
- God, i am sooo unworthy of even hugging such a noble creature. The sheer animal nature of him would leave me speechless. I'd probably grovel at his footpaws like an zealous servant.1997 March 14, Growltiger, “Furry sexuality”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet)
- Bein' the pervious fur to arrive, a cute morphic pink batty lands before you with a basket of peaches clutched in her footpaws, mrrring happily at being able to return the favor of the other furs who made the offering of food to her.2001 December 1, Rev. Protectrix Amazonia, “Prowl-Ar's Furvey”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet)
- The paw of an anthro character's leg (especially if more footlike in structure), homologous to the hindpaw of a feral.
Forms of footpaw
| plural | feetpaws |
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| plural | footpaws |
Origin of footpaw
From foot + paw.
Questions about footpaw
- What does footpaw mean?
- Footpaw means a fursuit shoe which is shaped like an animal's paw.
- What part of speech is footpaw?
- Footpaw is a noun.
- How do you pronounce footpaw?
- Footpaw is pronounced /ˈfʊt.pɔː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of footpaw?
- The plural of footpaw is feetpaws.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: footpaw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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