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Added 9 October 2026

talon

/ˈtælən/ noun

In Latin: unguis Wiktionary

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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.)

Origin

From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Proto-Romance *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”).

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