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A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal. / (zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.

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talon

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A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal. / (zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.

Japanese Meaning

猛禽類やその他捕食動物の鋭く曲がった爪 / ゾウの歯の後部にある小さな隆起部（解剖学的構造）

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The eagle flexed its talon before swooping down on the rabbit.

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ワシはウサギに急降下する前に、鋭い鉤爪を曲げた。

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A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.

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(zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.

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(architecture) 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.)

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The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

The locks were constructed with two or three levers, and sometimes with a common tumbler. The talon is the secret; for after locking the bolt out, the key is turned round again quietly to catch the nib and force the talon up

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(card games) The remaining stock of undealt cards.

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(finance, historical) 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.

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