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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Fangkrallen

English translation:

claws or talons for catching prey

Added to glossary by Veronika Neuhold
Oct 20, 2019 21:22
4 yrs ago
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German term

Fangkralle

German to English Science Zoology predators
In der Tierwelt gibt es eigene Tierarten mit Reißzähnen oder *Fangkrallen*.
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Kralle = claw

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kralle
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 grasping claw
3 talons
1 retractable or retractile claws
References
Reißzähne carnassials

Discussion

Ramey Rieger (X) Oct 21, 2019:
Björn un-jyu -ick-ulate
Björn Vrooman Oct 21, 2019:
Since... ...the sentence doesn't include "such as" or the like, I believe it should be "or," not "and."

Also, even though it's not used for birds, I like this one: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/unguiculate

Who can pronounce it?

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David Hollywood Oct 21, 2019:
your solution sounds good to me
Veronika Neuhold (asker) Oct 21, 2019:
@Ramey Readers of self-help literature. The author wants to convince her readers that the human being is not designed to eat meat.

I'll go with "claws and talons for catching prey".
Ramey Rieger (X) Oct 21, 2019:
claws vs. talons Claws are used for digging, as well as catching and holding prey - on four-legged creatures. Talons are the winged variety. There is no differentiated term in English unless you want to venture into the zoological world, where they differentiate everything (almost as bad as linguistics). Who's your audience Veronika?
Björn Vrooman Oct 21, 2019:
This... ...seems to be one of those typical German compounds that doesn't need to be translated "in one go."

"Amur tigers have long sharp retractable claws for catching and holding prey."
http://www.torontozoo.com/animals/Amur Tiger

What Michele said.

As an aside, grasping claws are what scorpions and crabs have, according to the websites I found.

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Michele Fauble Oct 21, 2019:
‘Talon’ if a bird of prey, otherwise ‘claw for catching and holding prey’.
David Hollywood Oct 21, 2019:
no more exact info hard to say...
David Hollywood Oct 20, 2019:
Can you tell us which animals are involved?
Veronika Neuhold (asker) Oct 20, 2019:
claws for catching prey?

Proposed translations

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grasping claw

I would say as we don't know which animals are involved ...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-10-20 23:38:24 GMT)
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fangkralle, f. ungula avis rapacis, womit der raubvogel seinen fang packt

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-10-20 23:39:34 GMT)
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so the bird of prey would grasp its victim with its claw(s)

seems to be ok IMO
Peer comment(s):
agree Kim Metzger : That's the best I could come up with too.
31 mins
thanks Kim as always
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27 mins

retractable or retractile claws

In the animal world there are separate animal species with fangs and retractable or retractile claws used to catch and grip prey

sources:

Do big cats have retractable claws? - BBC Science Focus ...
https://www.sciencefocus.com › Nature
Technically, these are the roaring cats, like tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards, and they all possess fully retractable claws like domestic cats. This adaptation ensures their claws are protected by a sheath of skin when they are not being used to catch prey, climb, scratch or provide traction.

Retractile claw | anatomy | Britannica.com
https://www.britannica.com › science › retractile-claw
Other articles where Retractile claw is discussed: cat: Claws: …is a remarkable mechanism for retracting the cat's claws when they are not in use. The claw is ...

Claws protract to grip prey : Lion - AskNature
https://asknature.org › strategy › claws-protract-to-grip-prey
Jun 8, 2017 - Claws of the African lion protract from sheaths of skin to grab prey using muscles and tendons ... With this protraction mechanism, the claws are either passively retracted ... enables the lion to control when to use its sharp claws for hunting, ... (To call them 'retractile' is to misunderstand the animal's behavior.) ...

Retractable Claws: Why Does My Cat Have Them? - Vetstreet
www.vetstreet.com › Our Pet Experts › Colleen Oakley
Jun 27, 2012 - Have you ever wondered about why your kitty has retractable claws? ... for hunting — retractable nails make it easier to catch and grip prey.

Why Do Cats Have Retractable Claws? | CANIDAE®
https://www.canidae.com › blog › 2019/02 › why-do-cats-have-retractable...
Feb 1, 2019 - Do Big Cats Also Have Retractable Claws? Just like our domestic housecats, most big (wild) cats including tigers, lions, cougars, jaguars and leopards keep their claws retracted when not in use. Cheetahs have semi-retractable claws, because these incredibly fast sprinters need extra traction while running.


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Note added at 3 hrs (2019-10-21 00:56:53 GMT)
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with raptor birds the equivalent term would be raptor talons:

Predatory Functional Morphology in Raptors: Interdigital Variation in Talon Size Is Related to Prey Restraint and Immobilisation Technique - Plos
https://journals.plos.org › plosone › article › journal.pone.0007999
DW Fowler - ‎2009 - ‎
Nov 25, 2009 - Surprisingly little is known about the morphology of raptor talons and how they are employed during feeding behaviour. Talon size variation ...

How Raptors Use Their Deadly Talons | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com › 7979-raptors-deadly-talons
Dec 2, 2009 - In the most thorough study up to now of raptor talons, scientists took detailed measurements of length and curvature of the claws from 24 bird of ...

The Gruesome Power of Raptor Talons | WIRED
https://www.wired.com › 2009/11 › raptor-talons
Nov 25, 2009 - The most thorough study to date of raptor talons reveals their feet to be extraordinarily specialized hunting tools, perfectly suited to their ...

Beware the Deadly Talon - Montana FWP
fwp.mt.gov › mtoutdoors › HTML › articles › talons
Some raptors use their talons to attack with high-speed killing blows, while others suffocate their prey to death in a constricting grip. Some give their victims the ...

Hawks' fierce grip to be feared | Star Tribune
www.startribune.com › hawks-fierce-grip-to-be-feared
Jan 5, 2016 - Raptors are equipped to snatch prey with an unrelenting grasp. ... Golden eagle talons can have a grip pressure as high as 400 pounds per ...

Gripping Strength of an Eagle — Understanding ... - HawkQuest
https://www.hawkquest.org › Gripping
A raptor is a bird of prey that hunts and kills with its feet. By definition ... "ratchet" effect, enabling the eagle to maintain tremendous pressure on the talons without.

Australian High Country Raptors - Page 7-14 -
https://books.google.com › books
Jerry Olsen - 2014 - ‎Science
Figure 7.14 Talons of the inner and hind toes on an eagle are the largest and most lethal. A raptor's talons are needlesharp, and because raptors generate an ...
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talons

Peer comment(s):
neutral Michele Fauble : For birds of prey
11 hrs
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Reißzähne carnassials

The carnassial teeth are large and very effective in cutting meat. The well-developed premolars, which are used for cutting up smaller food sources, are another telltale sign of a varied diet. The wolf also has relatively well-developed molars, which bring flexibility when deciding what to eat. Indeed, the wolf's teeth are better suited for eating a versatile diet consisting of more than just meat than those of the lynx, for example. http://www.largecarnivores.fi/species/wolf/description-of-th...

Reißzähne carnassials
https://www.dict.cc/german-english/Reißzähne.html
FANGKRALLE, f. ungula avis rapacis, womit der raubvogel seinen fang packt. http://woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB/call_wbgui_py_from_form?sigle=...
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