C2 noun #55,068 most common

talon

UK /ˈtælən/ | US /ˈtælən/

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

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  • (noun) A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
  • (noun) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
  • (noun) 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.)

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
  2. 2
    noun One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
  3. 3
    noun 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.)
  4. 4
    noun The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
  5. 5
    noun In various card games, the remaining stock of undealt cards.
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