"crab claw" meaning in All languages combined

See crab claw on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: crab claws [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crab claw (plural crab claws)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see crab, claw.
    Sense id: en-crab_claw-en-noun-fzfw3vSd
  2. Alternative form of crab claw sail (a triangular sail with spars along upper and lower edges) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: crab claw sail (extra: a triangular sail with spars along upper and lower edges)
    Sense id: en-crab_claw-en-noun-OASs-KdO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (literal (claw of a crab)): saksi (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'literal (claw of a crab)': 51 49

Inflected forms

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