Definition of Talons

1. Noun. (plural of talon) ¹

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Definition of Talons

1. talon [n] - See also: talon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Talons

talocalcaneonavicular joint
talocrural
talocrural articulation
talocrural joint
talofibular
talon
talon cusp
talonas
talonavicular
talonavicular joint
talonavicular ligament
taloned
talonid
talonids
talonless
talons (current term)
talook
talooka
talookas
talookdar
talookdars
talooks
talopeptin
talopram
talopyranose
talopyranoses
taloscaphoid
talose
talotibial
talpa

Literary usage of Talons

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

1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"The birds which have hooked talons are never gregarious; each one seeks its prey by itself. They nearly all of them soar to a great height, ..."

2. The Epigrams of Martial by Martial (1877)
"the youth,1 the burden unhurt clung to its anxious talons. From Caesar's lions their own prey now ... no prey : The prize, unhurt, in trembling talons hung. ..."

3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Is clutched in eagle-talons, when the bird Of Jove soars skyward with his prey; or tender Iamb From bleating mother and the broken fold Is stolen by the ..."

4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"talons, and thus, in a bended position, swallows its food. It kills its prey by striking it violently with the foot. It prefers living to dead animals, ..."

5. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1851)
"... of the former stages may be inferred from the hands and feet, as well as the countenance, as whether they have had paws or claws, hoofs or talons. ..."

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