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Cat's paw

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Cat's paw or Catspaw may refer to:

  • "Cat's paw", an idiom, meaning "the dupe (or unwitting tool) of another", derived from Jean de La Fontaine's fable "The Monkey and the Cat"

Arts and entertainment

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Nature

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  • Cat's Paw Mussel, one of a few species of Epioblasma mussels
  • Catspaw, informal name of some species of the plant Anigozanthus (Haemodoraceae)
  • Cat's Paw Nebula or Bear Claw Nebula, common names for NGC 6334
  • Cat's paw (wave), in Earth sciences, a pattern of shallow ripples (capillary waves) on the surface of water

Technology

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