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Definition of Talon

1. Noun. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.

Definition of Talon

1. n. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.

Definition of Talon

1. Noun. A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Talon

1. a claw of a bird of prey [n -S] : TALONED [adj]

Medical Definition of Talon

1. 1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey. 2. One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth. 3. A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; usually called 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. Origin: F, heel, spur, LL. Talo, fr. L. Talus the ankle, heel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Talon

Literary usage of Talon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Jolliet, charged by talon to find the north-west passage, discovered the ... During his seven years of office talon had realized the programme he had traced ..."

2. History of Canada: From the Time of Its Discovery Till the Union Year 1840-41 by François-Xavier Garneau, Andrew Bell (1862)
"talon goes to France.—The governor appeases the irritated Iroquois, ... talon, returned to Canada, opens up a vast plan for extending New France to the far ..."

3. History of Canada: From the Time of Its Discovery Till the Union Year 1840-41 by François-Xavier Garneau (1866)
"talon goes to France.—The governor appeases the irritated ... talon, returned to Canada, opens up a vast plan for extending New France to the far south-west ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"talon, the Canadian intendant, with his usual foresight, wrote in 1666 of the necessity that the ... Although talon was not allowed to carry out his scheme, ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1903)
"talon, the Canadian intendant, with his usual foresight, wrote in 1666 of the necessity that the ... Although talon was not allowed to carry out his scheme, ..."

6. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"talon, the first active intendant ... as soon as they arrived.4 A few weeks after his arrival at Quebec, talon decided to establish three villages, ..."

7. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"talon, the first active intendant of New France, came to the colony in September, 1665,3 at the beginning of a considerable movement of immigration to the ..."

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