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claw foot
(claw foot)
noun
(
plural
claw feet
)
1
a foot on a piece of furniture, shaped to resemble a claw:
[
as modifier
]
:
a claw-foot bathtub
2
Medicine
an excessively arched foot with an unnaturally high instep.
Also called
pes cavus
.
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