Talon

Quick meaning: Talon is a noun meaning A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.

Meaning

A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.

More Meanings

1. (zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
2. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
3. (card games) The remaining stock of undealt cards.
4. (architecture) A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)
5. (finance, historical) A document that could be detached and presented in exchange for a block of further coupons on a bond, when the original block had been used up.

Example Sentences

and now doth gaſtly death With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart, And like a Harpye tires on my life.

It may be tried also whether birds may not have something done to them when they are young , whereby they may be made to have greater or longer bills , or greater and longer talons ?

The locks were constructed with two or three levers, and sometimes with a common tumbler. The talon is the secret; for after locking the bolt out, the key is turned round again quietly to catch the nib and force the talon up

Word Forms

• talons

Synonyms for talon

Depending on context, synonyms include fang.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clawed, armed, claw, tail, greenhouse, heel.

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