Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having talons or claws.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective hooked, like a
talon
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons
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Examples
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As Lucien started across the terrace, a frowning Hekate padding in his wake, several golden-winged Fallen stepped into his path, taloned fingers resting on the Celtic-scrolled hilts of the long knives sheathed at their sides.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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As Lucien started across the terrace, a frowning Hekate padding in his wake, several golden-winged Fallen stepped into his path, taloned fingers resting on the Celtic-scrolled hilts of the long knives sheathed at their sides.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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Leathery wings, black beneath their sprinkling of dust; taloned fingers and toes; waist-length red hair; mouth open in a silent and endless scream; abstract Celtic designs—concentric circles, triskelions, delicate loops—were inked along the right-hand side of the body, throat, torso, hand; a thick gold torc twisted around the throat; bracers encircled both corded wrists and the right biceps.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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Leathery wings, black beneath their sprinkling of dust; taloned fingers and toes; waist-length red hair; mouth open in a silent and endless scream; abstract Celtic designs—concentric circles, triskelions, delicate loops—were inked along the right-hand side of the body, throat, torso, hand; a thick gold torc twisted around the throat; bracers encircled both corded wrists and the right biceps.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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Leathery wings, black beneath their sprinkling of dust; taloned fingers and toes; waist-length red hair; mouth open in a silent and endless scream; abstract Celtic designs—concentric circles, triskelions, delicate loops—were inked along the right-hand side of the body, throat, torso, hand; a thick gold torc twisted around the throat; bracers encircled both corded wrists and the right biceps.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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Leathery wings, black beneath their sprinkling of dust; taloned fingers and toes; waist-length red hair; mouth open in a silent and endless scream; abstract Celtic designs—concentric circles, triskelions, delicate loops—were inked along the right-hand side of the body, throat, torso, hand; a thick gold torc twisted around the throat; bracers encircled both corded wrists and the right biceps.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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A male character with feathered, taloned feet and lower legs.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Wings’ Second Review Forum 2009
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As Lucien started across the terrace, a frowning Hekate padding in his wake, several golden-winged Fallen stepped into his path, taloned fingers resting on the Celtic-scrolled hilts of the long knives sheathed at their sides.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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As Lucien started across the terrace, a frowning Hekate padding in his wake, several golden-winged Fallen stepped into his path, taloned fingers resting on the Celtic-scrolled hilts of the long knives sheathed at their sides.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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Wings, or hooves, or webbed toes, or, as you saw in the case of Mrs. Black, taloned hands.
Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare 2010
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