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noun
a sweet, almond-flavored breakfast pastry made with yeast dough and shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw.
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Also called bearpaw.
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How to use bear claw in a sentence

  • As he said this, he threw over the neck of the Delaware the magnificent bear–claw collar which adorned his own.

    The Prairie-Bird|Charles Augustus Murray
  • He touched, as he spoke, the splendid bear-claw collar which still graced his neck.

    The Red Man's Revenge|R.M. Ballantyne
  • On his neck is a bear-claw necklace of wooden beads and claws.

    Boy Scouts Handbook|Boy Scouts of America
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