"crab claw" meaning in English

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          "extra": "a triangular sail with spars along upper and lower edges",
          "word": "crab claw sail"
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          "text": "[…] during the ensuing centuries Hawaiians developed their own form of sail, called a “crab claw” because of its distinctive shape.",
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          "ref": "2011, William E. Courduff, Butterfly on the Water, Author House, →ISBN, page 178:",
          "text": "Surprisingly, or not so to me, the best is the Pacific crab claw rig, closely followed by the Arab dhow or lateen sail, and the standing lug.",
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      "sense": "literal (claw of a crab)",
      "word": "saksi"
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