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We found 4 dictionaries that define the word red in tooth and claw:

General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. red in tooth and claw: Merriam-Webster
  2. red in tooth and claw: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. red in tooth and claw: Wiktionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. red in tooth and claw: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (red in tooth and claw)

adjective:  Characterized by uncaring, amoral ruthlessness or brutality, especially of a kind seen as reflecting the way of things in nature.

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