talon
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Synonyms: talion, kalon, salon, etalon, taxon, halon, taron, tauon, talos, talo, balon
Antonyms: talion, kalon, salon, etalon, taxon, halon, taron, tauon, talos, talo, balon
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- A [[sharp]], [[hooked]] [[claw]] of a [[bird of prey]] or other [[predatory]] [[animal]].
- {{lb|en|zoology}} One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
- {{lb|en|architecture}} 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''.)
- The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
- {{lb|en|card games}} The remaining stock of [[undealt]] cards.
- {{lb|en|finance|historical}} A document that could be detached and presented in exchange for a block of further [[coupon]]s on a [[bond]], when the original block had been used up.
Proper noun
- {{surname|en|from=nicknames}}.
- {{given name|en|male|from=English}} of modern usage.
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