crow's-foot
noun
variants
or crow's foot
plural crow's-feet
ˈkrōz-ˌfēt 
or crow's feet
or crow's feet
1
: a wrinkle extending from the outer corner of the eye
—usually plural
The grand old man had a full thatch of white hair, and crow's-feet around pale-blue eyes.—
John McPhee
John McPheeWhen someone is giving you a true smile, the skin around his or her eyes crinkles up into crow's feet.—Agnieszka Biskup
Agnieszka BiskupOne day you're a carefree teenager lolling on a beach. The next you're counting crow's feet in the rearview mirror …—Michele Meyer
Michele Meyer2
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Since then, it's been approved to treat crow's-feet (in 2013) and moderate-to-severe forehead lines (in 2017), though doctors had been regularly using it off-label on both areas for years.
—Danielle Cohen, Allure, 23 July 2024
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Danielle Cohen, Allure, 23 July 2024
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crow's-foot
noun
plural crow's-feet
-ˌfēt
: any of the wrinkles around the outer corners of the eyes
—usually used in plural
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