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noun

Crowfoot n.

(Bot.) The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty.

(Naut.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by.

(Mil.) A caltrop. (Written also crow's-foot)

(Well Boring) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crowfoot" Quotes from Famous Books

... Common Meadow Buttercup, Tall Crowfoot or Cuckoo Flower; Tall Meadow Rue; Liver-leaf, Hepatica, Liverwort or Squirrel Cup; Wood Anemone or Wind Flower; Virgin's Bower, Virginia Clematis or Old Man's Beard; Marsh Marigold, Meadow-gowan or American Cowslip; Gold-thread or Canker-root; Wild Columbine; Black Cohosh, Black Snakeroot or ...

— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al

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