Cat's paw
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Cat's paw may refer to:
- Cat's Paw - A family of small mussels of various sizes and colours living in freshwater rivers and some salt.The shell is shaped like a cats footprint.
- Cat's paw (knot), a type of knot
- Cat's Paw Nebula, NGC 6334, an emission nebula located in the constellation Scorpius
- The Cat's Paw (painting), an oil painting by Sir Edwin Landseer, depicting the scene between cat and monkey in the fable "The Monkey and the Cat"
- Spanish Tickler, an instrument of torture also known as a Cat's Paw
- The Cat's-Paw, a 1934 comedy film starring Harold Lloyd
- A phrase derived from a fable made famous by La Fontaine, in which a monkey convinces an unwitting cat to pull chestnuts from a hot fire. As the cat scoops the chestnuts from the fire one by one burning his paw in the process, the monkey eagerly gobbles them up, leaving none for the cat. Today, the term "cat's paw" refers to "one used by another to accomplish his purposes."
- Cat's paw, a hand tool for pulling nails and light demolition
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