talon

Significado (inglés)

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. The remaining stock of undealt cards.
6. 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.

Sinónimos

claw

nail

fingernail

💅

hoof

renewal coupon

paw

pincers

pounce

spur

toenail

unguis

tongue-like object

finger-nail

clapper

🎬

nail fingernail

clove

coupon

finger

foot

🦶

hook

🪝

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈtælən/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

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