What does Talon mean?

Definitions for Talon
ˈtæl əntalon

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. talonnoun

    a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey

Wiktionary

  1. talonnoun

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Talonnoun

    The claw of a bird of prey.

    Etymology: talon, French.

    It may be tried, whether birds may not be made to have greater or longer talons. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

    Upward the noble bird directs his wing,
    And tow’ring round his master’s earth-born foes,
    Swift he collects his fatal stock of ire,
    Lifts his fierce talon high, and darts the forked fire. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPT

  1. talon

    A talon is a sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal. It is often associated with eagles, hawks, owls, and other raptors, but can also refer to similar structures in some reptiles and mammals. This feature is used primarily for catching and killing prey.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Talonnoun

    the claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey

  2. Talonnoun

    one of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth

  3. Talonnoun

    a kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee

  4. Talonnoun

    the shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt

Wikidata

  1. Talon

    Talon is a 135-foot steel inverted roller coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. It features 4 inversions and close to the ground encounters. Talon was known to be one of the longest inverted roller coaster in the Northeast when it opened in 2001. Also, unlike many roller coasters, Talon's track is filled with sand to reduce the noise made by the trains.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Talon

    tal′on, n. the claw of a bird of prey.—adj. Tal′oned. [Fr. talon, through Low L., from L. talus, the heel.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TALON

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Talon is ranked #51396 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Talon surname appeared 405 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Talon.

    55.5% or 225 total occurrences were White.
    21.9% or 89 total occurrences were Asian.
    9.6% or 39 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    7.1% or 29 total occurrences were Black.

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Anagrams for Talon »

  1. laton

  2. Alton

  3. tonal

  4. ontal

  5. notal

  6. tolan

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Talon in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Talon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Talon in a Sentence

  1. Michael Fletcher:

    I had a branch to jam in the trap, and opened it just enough to get the talon out.

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