Claws

Claws, a term often applied to the chelæ at the end of Arthropod limbs, but best restricted to the epidermic tips found at the ends of the digits in most reptiles, on the toes, and often on the thumb and first finger of birds, but seen in perfection in many mammals—e.g. Carnivores, Insectivores, Edentates. It is obviously impossible to draw any sharp line between claws and Nails (q.v.).