English
Etymology
Uncertain first element + claw. Compare dewlap. One suggestion, possibly a folk etymology, is that dewclaws brush dew away.
Noun
dewclaw (plural dewclaws)
- A vestigial digit, hoof or claw that does not reach the ground.
Translations
a vestigial digit, hoof or claw that does not reach the ground
- Arabic: زمعة
- Czech: paspárek m, vlčí dráp m
- Danish: ulveklo
- Dutch: wolfsklauw (nl), hubertusklauw
- Finnish: kannus (fi) (digit/hoof), kannuskynsi (claw)
- French: ergot (fr) m
- German: Geäfter n, Afterkralle f, Afterzehe f
- Hungarian: fattyúköröm (hu), fattyúcsülök (hu), fűköröm (hu)
- Italian: sperone (it) m
- Japanese: 狼爪
- Malay: kuku embun
- Polish: wilczy pazur (pl) m
- Russian: прибыло́й па́лец (ru) m (pribylój pálec)
- Spanish: espolón (es) m
- Swedish: lättklöv c, biklöv c
- Welsh: ewin ffêr m or f
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