clawedness

English

Etymology

From clawed +‎ -ness.

Noun

clawedness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The property of having claws (of a specified type or number).
    • 2007 September 4, Henry Fountain, “In a Righty World, Left-Clawed Crabs Are at a Loss”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      One reason for this, the researchers say, is that it might be more difficult for a fiddler to size up an opponent of opposite clawedness.