English Explanatory Dictionary

crow's foot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small wrinkle in the corner of an eye, emblematic of aging.
  2. A triangular embroidery stitch.
  3. A symbol, resembling a bisected equilateral triangle, used in database diagrams to indicate plurality.
  4. A number of lines rove through a long wooden block, supporting the backbone of an awning horizontally.
  5. A caltrop.
  6. A device for supporting a tripod to prevent the legs from slipping.
  7. Certain flowering plants
  8. especially, in genus Ranunculus

Word forms

crow's foot crow's feet crows' feet crow's-foot crowsfoot

Etymology

From Middle English crowes feet pl.

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