Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a talon.

Etymologies

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talon +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Transfixed, Isobel watched as the blood-haired boy raised a thin, abnormally long hand, the tips of which ended in long, red, talonlike claws.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • Aurelia made an especially strong impression, as she pointed her talonlike finger at the accused, sitting no more than ten feet from her, and insisted in her hard voice that the Good Goddess must be placated by his exile or disaster would descend on Rome.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • Transfixed, Isobel watched as the blood-haired boy raised a thin, abnormally long hand, the tips of which ended in long, red, talonlike claws.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • He slashed her across the cheek with his talonlike nails before leaping back in a dizzying blur.

    Crusade Nancy Holder 2010

  • His eyes were still green-gold and slitted like a cat's, and there was still a feline cast to his features; his build was still powerful and his fingernails still talonlike-but no one would ever look askance at him in a crowd now.

    Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010

  • Transfixed, Isobel watched as the blood-haired boy raised a thin, abnormally long hand, the tips of which ended in long, red, talonlike claws.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • The robots raised their arms, which appeared to end with the barrels of built-in weapons; the weapons folded back suddenly, revealing long, talonlike fingers that flipped forward to form something like hands.

    Battlestar Galactica Carver_Jeffrey 2006

  • The captain listed to the left in her chair, her arm dangling so low that her talonlike fingernails scraped the metal deck grating.

    A Time to Kill David Mack 2004

  • The captain listed to the left in her chair, her arm dangling so low that her talonlike fingernails scraped the metal deck grating.

    A Time to Kill David Mack 2004

  • The captain listed to the left in her chair, her arm dangling so low that her talonlike fingernails scraped the metal deck grating.

    A Time to Kill David Mack 2004

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