Cat's paw or Catspaw may refer to: * "Cat's paw", an idiom, meaning "the dupe 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). Although there is no evidence that the story existed ...

Arts and entertainment

* ''Catspaw'' (rock opera), a 1974 Australian rock musical written by Dorothy Hewett * ''Catspaw'' (TV series), a 1978 Australian series * "Catspaw" (''Star Trek: The Original Series''), a television episode * ''

The Cat's-Paw ''The Cat's-Paw'' (1934) is a 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 Clarence ...

'', a 1934 film with Harold Lloyd * Cat's Paw (1959 film), a Looney Tunes cartoon * Catspaw (comics), April Dumaka, a superhero character in DC Comics * ''Cat's Paw'' (adventure), for the role-playing game ''Marvel Super Heroes'' * ''Catspaw'', a 1988 science fiction novel by

Joan D. Vinge Joan D. Vinge (; born April 2, 1948 as Joan Carol Dennison) is an American science fiction author. She is known for such works as her Hugo Award–winning novel ''The Snow Queen'' and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and ...

* ''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 genus of freshwater mussels, 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 threatened with the possibility of ex ...

'' mussels * Catspaw, informal name of some species of the plant ''

Anigozanthus ''Anigozanthos'' is a genus of Southwest Australian plants of the bloodwort family Haemodoraceae. The 11 species and their subspecies are commonly known as kangaroo paw or catspaw, depending on their size, and the shape and color of their flow ...

'' (Haemodoraceae) * Cat's Paw Nebula or Bear Claw Nebula, common names for NGC 6334 * Cat's paw (wave), in Earth sciences, a pattern of shallow ripples (capillary waves) on the surface of water

Technology

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 has ...

, a knot used for connecting a rope to an object *

Cat's paw (tool) A cat's paw with extracting notches on each end. Typical lengths vary between long A cat's paw or cat's claw is a metal hand tool used for extracting nails, typically from wood, using lever A lever is a simple machine consisting of a bea ...

, a hand tool for extracting nails {{disambiguation