talon
IPA: tˈæɫʌn
noun
- A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
- (zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
- (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.)
- The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
- (card games) The remaining stock of undealt cards.
- (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.
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- A male given name from English of modern usage.
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Examples of "talon" in Sentences
- I found a talon in the cage.
- This is the talon of my bird.
- Do birds have talons as well
- Where is this talon coming from
- He keeps talon to keep him safe.
- Talons of birds are used to catch a prey.
- The talon looked better than the laser anyway.
- With the talon, he began to think about his bird.
- Talon is the employer of the majority of stitchers in Sialkot.
- It appears on a flowing ribbon and is held in the talon of the eagle.
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