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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The claw of a bird of prey.
  2. n. The similar claw of a predatory animal.
  3. n. Something similar to or suggestive of an animal's claw.
  4. n. The part of a lock that the key presses in order to shoot the bolt.
  5. n. Games The part of the deck of cards in certain card games left on the table after the deal.
  6. n. Architecture An ogee molding.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The claw of a bird or other animal; specifically, the claw of a bird of prey.
  2. n. A heel, or low cusp, of a tooth.
  3. n. In architecture, same as ogee.
  4. n. In locks, the shoulder on the bolt against which the key presses in shooting the bolt.
  5. n. That part of a pack of cards which remains after the hands have been dealt; the stock.
  6. n. The heel of the blade of a sword.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
  2. n. zoology One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
  3. n. 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.)
  4. n. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
  5. n. In the card game bezique, the remaining stock of undealt cards.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.
  2. n. (Zoöl.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
  3. n. (Arch.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee.
  4. n. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey

Etymologies

  1. From Old French talon ("heel, spur"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English taloun, from Old French talon, heel, from Vulgar Latin *tālō, tālōn-, from Latin tālus, ankle. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “A drink + me + the end of the word "talon" = _____________________.”

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  • “Both the incisors and canines are unusual as they have a "talon" and "heel" structure, with the talons of the upper and lower incisors intermeshing to create a crushing surface between the heels (Boonstra 1962, 1963, 1969).”

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  • “Both the incisors and canines are unusual as they have a "talon" and "heel" structure, with the talons of the upper and lower incisors intermeshing to create a crushing surface between the heels (Boonstra 1962,”

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]

  • “There was a rip down my arm, a shallow slice from shoulder to wrist, made by a talon of that hideous creature.”

    Simon & Schuster: Raziel

  • “Unhappily for titular lead Kevin James and his fellow cast members, I suspect the highest and lowest beasts on the food chain would review the very hindquarters off it, in a wild and vengeful feeding frenzy, fiercely brandishing every last claw, tusk, talon and tooth.”

    The Guardian: Zookeeper is a strange animal - a kids' movie for none of the family

  • “I enumerated my first point by extending a silver talon; it caught the light from my eyes and rendered Apples in shades of green—a Granny Smith.”

    Simon & Schuster: Crossed

  • “That was as far as Dave got, for at that moment he witnessed a transformation and found himself gazing into the same unspeakably ferocious blue eyes of the night before, at the same clutching talon-like hands, and at the same formidable bulk in the act of springing upon him.”

    When the World Was Young

  • “Touch his silly vanity, which he exalts into high-sounding pride — call him a liar, and behold the red animal in him that makes a hand clutching that is quick like the tensing of a tiger's claw, or an eagle's talon, incarnate with desire to rip and tear.”

    The Somnambulists

  • “I can see her now, as I write these lines, a leap in advance, her gray hair flying in thin tangled strings, the blood dripping down her forehead from some wound in the scalp, in her right hand a hatchet, her left hand, lean and wrinkled, a yellow talon, gripping the air convulsively.”

    Chapter 23: The People of the Abyss

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. nail
  1. daw

hypernyms (1)

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  1. claw

same context (24)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. beak
  2. claw
  3. fang
  4. tusk
  1. snout
  2. maw
  3. tentacle
  4. hooves
  1. jaw
  2. barb
  3. gash
  4. slash
  1. spike
  2. mane
  3. forearm
  4. fingernail
  1. nail
  2. whisker
  3. scimitar
  4. wing
  1. fist
  2. tail
  3. shard
  4. grasp

rhymes (9)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Alan
  1. Allan
  1. Allen
  1. Mallon
  1. alan
  1. ballon
  1. gallon
  1. malon
  1. mpg

reverse dictionary (17)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. talent
  2. foot
  3. amblotheriidæ
  1. basin-heel
  2. serrate
  3. clutch
  1. nail
  2. pounce
  3. sere
  1. ungual
  2. unguis
  3. Ungula
  1. ungular
  2. claw
  3. fang
  1. single
  2. talonid

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  1. animals
  1. false friend

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  • padawan talon: claw
    talón: heel Jun 6, 2008

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