talon
Plural: talons
Noun
- A sharp claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
- A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
- One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
- 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.
- The remaining stock of undealt cards.
- 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.
Examples
- He placed TALON on the board, imagining a bird seizing its prey with precision.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Vulgar Latin *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”).
Scrabble Score: 5
talon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtalon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
talon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
talon: valid Words With Friends Word