Crow″foot′ (kr?″f??t′), n. 1. (Bot.) The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty.
2. (Naut.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by.
3. (Mil.) A caltrop. [Written also crow's-foot.]
4. (Well Boring) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc. Raymond.