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Raretalon
The correct spelling is talon.
How to pronounce talon
/ˈtælən/
nounIPA: /ˈtælən/
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The correct spelling is talon. A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
- 2.One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
- 3.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.The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
- 5.In various card games, the remaining stock of undealt cards.
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