talon
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈtælən/
:
garra
- The falcon's talons are designed for holding onto slippery fish.
- beaks and talons
- bird's talons
- left talon
So this was actually a request from my nail tech who gave me these beautiful talons today.
- So this was actually a request from my nail tech who gave me these beautiful talons today.
- The air winces white nights in his talons sinking mire.
- Because if we had severed those talons of Iran, sinking their hooks into the Iraqi state, things would be very, very different in Iraq right now.
- I feel that vulture inside of me just lands its talons on my fucking on my on my clavicles, you know, when it just says, you know it, that it wants to do something wrong.
Examples
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Blood welled out from where the gyrfalcon's talons had pierced through the cloth to my skin.
Fiction book (1993) -
I would be lifting a heavy arm; the talons would glint in the moonlight.
Fiction book (1992) -
So this was actually a request from my nail tech who gave me these beautiful talons today.
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Do the chickens have large talons?
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Watch out for her talons and her beak.
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These talons were a heartbeat away from your throat.
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I heard a tinkling of bells and the dry click, click, click of talons stepping across a perch.
Fiction book (1993) -
They saw an eagle flying with a serpent clutched in its talons.
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Securing a vole in its talons, a hawk owl pauses before dismembering the prey.
Academic text (2003) -
Black eagle swoops down with its talons bared; a leopard carries a hyrax above.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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1.0
A sharp curved nail at the end of a bird's or animal's toe for grabbing and tearing
How Sharp
Surface Forms
Etymology
Talon comes from an old Latin word talus meaning 'heel'. Imagine a heel that curves like a hook; that image helps you remember why talon now means a bird of prey's sharp, curved claw.