talon
/ˈtælən/ sustantivo C1En español: garra, garrón
- A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
- One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
- 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.
- The remaining stock of undealt cards.
- A document that could be detached and presented in exchange for a block of further coupons on a bond, when the original block had been used up.
Plural talons
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“I will give you,” she said, “all the riches of the Red Sea.” “I will teach you to fly then,” said the Eagle; and taking her up in his talons he carried her almost to the clouds suddenly he let her go, and she fell on a lofty mountain, dashing her shell to pieces.
An Eagle sailing through the air pounced upon him and carried him off in his talons.
A Hawk observed it, and, pouncing upon it with his talons, carried it aloft.
The Eagle did not prove ungrateful to his deliverer, for seeing the Peasant sitting under a wall which was not safe, he flew toward him and with his talons snatched a bundle from his head.
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