claw toe

noun

A deformity of the toe characterized by a raised middle phalanx and a down-angled distal phalanx.

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Meanings

nounclaw toe (countable and uncountable, plural claw toes)

plural claw toes

  1. uncountableA deformity of the toe characterized by a raised middle phalanx and a down-angled distal phalanx.
  2. countableA toe with this deformity.

    The large toes are also painfully jammed into the end of the shoe, and the front of the foot is crammed into the narrow tip, producing hammertoes and claw toes.

    1979 February 14, Jane E[llen] Brody, “Personal Health”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2018
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