bearpaw

bear·paw

[bair-paw]
noun Chiefly Canadian.
1.
a small, almost round snowshoe used on steep or rocky terrain.
3.
a round horseshoe.

Origin:
1775–85; bear2 + paw

Dictionary.com Unabridged

bear's-paw

[bairz-paw]
noun
a clam of the genus Hippopus, having a ridged, white shell with purplish-red spots.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To bearpaw
00:10
Bearpaw is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT