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1. The claw of a bird of prey.
2. The similar claw of a predatory animal.
Something similar to or suggestive of an animal's claw.
The part of a lock that the key presses in order to shoot the bolt.
Games. The part of the deck of cards in certain card games left on the table after the deal.
Architecture. An ogee molding.

[Middle English taloun, from Old French talon, heel, from Vulgar Latin *tālō, tālōn-, from Latin tālus, ankle.]

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IN BRIEF: The claw of a bird of prey.

The eagle's talon was 3 inches long.

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A talon is a claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey. It is usually the sharp claw of a bird of prey, such as the eagle, a hawk, a falcon, owl, or a buzzard. It may also refer to:

Places:

Talon, Nièvre, a commune in the Nièvre département in France
Talon (Smallville), a fictional coffee shop in the TV series Smallville

Products:

Brass eagle paintball marker called "talon".
Lacrosse material manufacturer called Talon Lacrosse

People:

Durwin Talon, an illustrator and professor of new media
Jean Talon, the first intendant of New France

Music:

Talons by Bloc Party

Fictional characters:

the stage name of professional wrestler Talon Thorne
Talon, a character in the Static Shock animated series
Talon, a character in The Legend of Zelda series
a character from Prey (video game)
a character from Primal Rage
the codename of X-23, a Marvel Comics character
Talon (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
Talon (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics superhero from the Guardians of the Galaxy future
Achille Talon, comic book series and character
Talon Karrde, a character in the Star Wars universe.
Talon AKA Talon of the Silver Sawk. A character featured in Raymond E. Feist's Conclave of Shadows trilogy.

Objects:

the Eagle Talon, an automobile produced by the Eagle division of Chrysler
the T-38 Talon, a US-built supersonic jet trainer for military pilots
the Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talon, a variant of the C-130 aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force
Foster-Miller TALON, a US military unmanned ground vehicle
Talon light fighter, a fictional starfighter in Wing Commander (computer game)
F/A-37 Talon, a fictional advanced fighter aircraft in the 2005 film Stealth (film)
Talon (roller coaster), an inverted roller coaster

Other:

Tulsa Talons, Tulsa Oklahoma's arena football team. 2007 af2 Champions.
TalonSoft, a computer game developer
Talon Zipper, US zipper company
in some card games, the remainder of a deck of cards stacked on the table after the deal
a well-known brand name for the poison brodifacoum
TALON (database), maintained by the US Air Force
Ogee, a shape used in woodworking
The symbol of the 3rd Battalion of the 82nd Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division (United States)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rovfugleklo, talon (del af kuponark)

Nederlands (Dutch)
klauw

Français (French)
n. - (Zool) serre, (Archit) talon, (Jeux) talon

Deutsch (German)
n. - Klaue, Kralle, Talon (Kartenrest, Erneuerungsschein bei Wertpapieren), Schlüsselansatz, (arch.) Kehlleiste

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νύχι (αρπακτικού ζώου ή πτηνού)

Italiano (Italian)
artiglio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - garra (f) (de ave de rapina), cimalha (m) (Arquit.), cartas que restam no baralho depois que as cartas de jogo foram distribuídas

Русский (Russian)
когти хищной птицы

Español (Spanish)
n. - garra

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - talong, rovfågelsklo

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
爪, 魔爪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 爪, 魔爪

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 발톱 같은 손가락, (카드놀이) 돌리고 남은 패

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 爪, かぎづめ状のもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أصبع ألانسان أو يده, مخلب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ציפורן עוף דורס, טפר, כרכוב בצורת S, הקלפים שנשארו לאחר החלוקה למשתתפים במשחק, שובר של חלוקת-רווחים, חלק פנימי במנעול‬

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