Thanks for everyone's input!
I would like to know what constitutes a finesse weapon. What characteristic makes a dagger and a rapier finesse?
Also, I respect the opinion that the RAW are confusing on the "natural weapon" designation in Volo's, but it could be argued that the intention that the claw attack *is* to be considered a weapon for that creature as an ability, could it not?
Weapons that have been known historically(Pop-culture historically, not real historically) as weapons that use skill rather than power. Anything that is seen as a weapon for weak people to use against the strong, usually after the strong one insults their "Puny toothpick".