crow's-foot
Example Sentences
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Annabeth ran her hand along some marks on the ground - a jagged crow’s-foot shape as long as a human body.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
On the cricket pitch, a bare hundred yards away from the river bank, is a plentiful crop of dandelions, crow's-foot, clover, and, worst of all, enormous plantains.
From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur
Look at them, you miserable old procrastinators, and then kneel down before the ancient damsels you have sneered at, even if they have the pelican gout and a crow’s-foot at the corners of their eyes!
From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)
She thrust her face close to the glass, to see whether some long-remembered wrinkle or crow's-foot had indeed vanished.
From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Roe, Frederick William
Then a crow's-foot, or tripod of iron, tapped and threaded for iron pipe, is screwed to the terminal block.
From Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine by Anderson, Frederick Irving
