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talon

/ˈtælən/

noun

Meaning

  • 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.

  • In various card games, the remaining stock of undealt cards.