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
The Monkey and the Cat is best known as a fable adapted by Jean de La Fontaine under the title ''Le Singe et le Chat'' that appeared in the second collection of his ''Fables'' in 1679 (IX.17). It is the source of popular idioms in both English an ...
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Arts and entertainment
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''Catspaw'' (rock opera), a 1974 Australian rock musical written by Dorothy Hewett
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''Catspaw'' (TV series), a 1978 Australian series
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"Catspaw" (''Star Trek: The Original Series''), a television episode
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The Cat's-Paw
''The Cat's-Paw'' is a 1934 comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Sam Taylor. It was Lloyd's seventh and final collaboration with Taylor and the fourth of his seven starring roles in sound.
''The Cat’s Paw'', a novel by Clarenc ...
'', a 1934 film with Harold Lloyd
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''Cat's Paw'' (1959 film), a Looney Tunes cartoon
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Catspaw (comics)
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a superhero team in comic book series published by DC Comics. The team has gone through various iterations. Starting with the founding trio of Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl, all versions of the team incl ...
, April Dumaka, a superhero character in DC Comics
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''Cat's Paw'' (adventure), for the role-playing game ''Marvel Super Heroes''
* ''Catspaw'', a 1988 science fiction novel by
Joan D. Vinge
* ''Catspaw'', a 2021 album by
Matthew Sweet
Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964) is an American alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician who was part of the burgeoning music scene in Athens, Georgia, during the 1980s before gaining commercial success in the 1990 ...
Nature
* Cat's Paw Mussel, one of a few species of ''
Epioblasma
''Epioblasma'' is a North American genus of freshwater mussels, Aquatic animal, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Most of the species in this genus have been lost in modern times, and the entire genus is threate ...
'' mussels
* Catspaw, informal name of some species of the plant ''
Anigozanthus'' (Haemodoraceae)
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Cat's Paw Nebula or Bear Claw Nebula, common names for NGC 6334
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Cat's paw (wave), in Earth sciences, a pattern of shallow ripples (capillary waves) on the surface of water
Technology
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Cat's paw (knot)
The Cat's paw is a knot used for connecting a rope to an object. It is very similar to the cow hitch except there is an additional twist on each side of the bight, making it less prone to slipping.
Uses
* Attaching a sling (a rope that ha ...
, a knot used for connecting a rope to an object
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Cat's paw (tool), a hand tool for extracting nails
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Cat's Paw (brand), a brand that produced patented slip-resistant rubber heels
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