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bear claw

American  

noun

  1. 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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“You’d look for something that looks like a bear claw mark,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

They packed up camp, ate a huckleberry bear claw from the Mercantile, and enjoyed their final 21-mile hike to the Montana-Canada border.

From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2020

Editors dispatched so many reporters to Appalachian and Rust Belt destinations, no diner or coffee shop could have been considered safe for the peaceful enjoyment of either biscuit or bear claw.

From Fox News • Jul. 13, 2020

It’s the kind of place where you can get a bear claw; there is free Wi-Fi, but no one seems to use it much.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2018

How she hoped the bear did not smell the bear-killing dogs or the bear claw that swung on a silver hoop from Old Tallow’s earlobe.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

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