owl's claws

noun

1. a perennial plant, Helenium hoopesii, native to W North America, having large yellow flowers.

Example Sentences

But Hester sensed her coming and flattened herself in time, and the owl’s claws just missed.

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The Owl in No. 3 is more like No. 1 than No. 2 is; "P. & K. Arthur," on the book under the Owl's claws in 1 and 2 is changed to "Gildon & Woolſton" in No. 3; "New-castle" on the back of the book next the floor in 1 and 2 is changed to "Blackmore" in No. 3.

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Mr. Braden uttered a cry like the squeal of a rat beneath an owl's claws.

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The long ends of the glove fingers, waving about in the water, were not unlike the owl's claws; while her gray woollen bathing dress might have passed for a new sort of flannel feathers.

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For weeks Sam suffered from his wounds ere they healed, and always after, although he shot a number of owls in this and other ways, he took good care never to let a naked hand come in contact with an owl’s claws.

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