talon

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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 (Static Shock), a character in the Static Shock animated series
• Talon, a character in The Legend of Zelda series
• The mascot of the Major League Soccer team D.C. United
• 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, also known as 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
• 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
• 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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