crow's-foot

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Annabeth ran her hand along some marks on the ground - a jagged crow’s-foot shape as long as a human body.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

There are, likewise, a species of sow-thistle, goose-grass, some crow's-foot, which has a very fine crimson flower, and two sorts of anthericum, one with a large orange flower, and the other with a blue one.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

I crossed a crow's-foot of street-car tracks, and skirted the edge of an umbrageous park.

From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.

The crow's-foot wrinkles about his eyes deepened to a frown of inquiry.

From The Street Called Straight by Lowell, Orson

Look at them, you miserable old procrastinators, and then kneel down before the ancient damsels you have sneered at, even if they have the pelican gout and a crow’s-foot at the corners of their eyes!

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)