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paw

/pɔ/ noun B2
  1. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
  2. A hand. (slang) · Get your grubby paws off my things!

Plural paws

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He placed his paws on it and said, “What a beautiful head!
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 77 · B2
With one blow of his paw he sent the Scarecrow spinning over and over to the edge of the road, and then he struck at the Tin Woodman with his sharp claws.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 32 · B2
“I didn’t bite him,” said the Lion, as he rubbed his nose with his paw where Dorothy had hit it.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 33 · B2
If we Lions knew how to erect statues, you would see the Man placed under the paw of the Lion.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 7 · B2

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