Cat's paw

Cat's paw can refer to several things with a fancied resemblance to the paw of a cat:

The cat's paw hitch, a type of knot.
A carpenter's tool, resembling a small crowbar, used to remove nails. The claw of the tool is hammered into the wood under the nail head. The nail is pried out far enough that a claw hammer can be used to completely remove it.
The Cat's Paw Nebula, a nebula in Scorpius resembling a pawprint.
A dupe; a person unwittingly manipulated by another to effect a plan without the latter's personal involvement; from the fable The Monkey and the Cat.
The Cat's Paw, an oil painting by Sir Edwin Landseer, depicting the scene between cat and monkey, from the abovementioned fable.
An instrument of torture, also known as a Spanish Tickler.
A breeze that ruffles patches of a water surface.

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