Talon

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ælÉ™n
• IPA: /ˈtælÉ™n/

Origin

From Old French talon ("heel, spur").

Full definition of talon

Noun

1. A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
2. (zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
3. (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.)
4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
5. In the card game bezique, the remaining stock of undealt cards.

Derived terms

• taloned

Anagrams

• Alton
• laton
• tonal