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The Claw is a fictional supervillain character who first appeared in Silver Streak Comics #1 (December 1939), from Lev Gleason Publications [1] [2] and later Savage Dragon from Image Comics. He is "a grotesque sorceror bent on world conquest".
Claw's real name was John Chan. Chan became the Claw after buying an ancient suit of armour and sword. The Claw of Pytharia, which had been dormant in one of the gauntlets, cut off his hand with the sword and grafted itself in place. The demonic spirit of the claw increased his fighting skills, but made it difficult for him to control his anger.
A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). Some invertebrates such as beetles and spiders have somewhat similar fine, hooked structures at the end of the leg or tarsus for gripping a surface as they walk.
Claw (comics), several unrelated characters; C.L.A.W., a fictional weapon in the G.I. Joe universe; Claw the Unconquered, a sword and sorcery character from DC Comics; Doctor Claw, the main villain of the animated television show Inspector Gadget; The Claw, the main villain in the animated series Karate Kommandos
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
The name comes from Ancient Greek χηλή, through Neo-Latin chela. The plural form is chelae. [2] Legs bearing a chela are called chelipeds. [3] Another name is claw because most chelae are curved and have a sharp point like a claw. Arthropod chela mechanics. Chelae can be present at the tips of arthropod legs as well as their pedipalps.
Deinonychus (/ d aɪ ˈ n ɒ n ɪ k ə s / [1] dy-NON-ih-kəs; from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós) 'terrible' and ὄνυξ (ónux), genitive ὄνυχος (ónukhos) 'claw') is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur with one described species, Deinonychus antirrhopus.