# *Dewclaw*
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### **Pronunciaton:**
(DOO-klaw, DYOO-)
### **Meaning:**
noun: A small claw not reaching the ground, on the foot of some animals.
### **Etymology:**
Origin uncertain, perhaps from the fact that other claws touch the ground, but a dewclaw only brushes the dew on the grass. A related term is dewlap, a loose fold of skin hanging under the neck of an animal such as a cow.
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German word of the day:
# Stoßlüften #
'shock ventialtion'
Female bunnies have a dewlap.
Bunnies have to eat their own poop. I will never unknow this.
Yes it's called caecal faeces or something like that.
they call the cat's thumb a dewclaw but i think that's stupid because i can see them using it to catch things like a human does many times
the ones on dogs, however, they are uncommon, similarly uncommon as 8 and 10 boobies
Fascinating. Never knew such a thing had a name.
