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Word entry · 5 letters

talon

Best crossword clue

"Hooked claw"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈtælən/Part of speech nounSorted alnotStarts with TEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey

Word origin

From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Proto-Romance *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”).

Used in a sentence

  • and now doth gaſtly death With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart, And like a Harpye tires on my life.
  • It may be tried also whether birds may not have something done to them when they are young , whereby they may be made to have greater or longer bills , or greater and longer talons ?
  • 'Very well, I shall call you Talon from now on. What does the name mean, in the tongue of the small folk?' 'It is a claw, like that found on a hawk,' Talon said.

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