bear claw

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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.

Words nearby bear claw

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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