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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 MurrayHe touched, as he spoke, the splendid bear-claw collar which still graced his neck.
The Red Man's Revenge|R.M. BallantyneOn his neck is a bear-claw necklace of wooden beads and claws.
Boy Scouts Handbook|Boy Scouts of America