A hawk's talon is sharp.
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Talon
//ˈtælən//
Synonyms for "talon" (3 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 47 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὄνυξ noun (hooked claw)
Arabic
2 entries- مخلب noun (hooked claw)
- مِخْلَب noun (hooked claw)
Armenian
3 entries- ճանկ noun (hooked claw)
- ճիրան noun (hooked claw)
- մագիլ noun (hooked claw)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- pəncə noun (hooked claw)
Belarusian
2 entries- ко́каць noun (hooked claw)
- кіпцю́р noun (hooked claw)
Bulgarian
1 entries- но́кът noun (hooked claw)
Burmese
1 entries- လက်သည်း noun (hooked claw)
Catalan
1 entries- urpa noun (hooked claw)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 爪 noun (hooked claw)
- 爪子 noun (hooked claw)
Czech
1 entries- dráp noun (hooked claw)
Danish
1 entries- klo noun (hooked claw)
Dutch
1 entries- klauw noun (hooked claw)
Finnish
1 entries- kynsi noun (hooked claw)
French
2 entries- griffe noun (hooked claw)
- serre noun (hooked claw)
German
1 entries- Klaue noun (hooked claw)
Hebrew
1 entries- טופר noun (hooked claw)
Hindi
3 entries- नख noun (hooked claw)
- नाख़ून noun (hooked claw)
- पंजा noun (hooked claw)
Hungarian
1 entries- karom noun (hooked claw)
Irish
1 entries- gríobh noun (hooked claw)
Italian
2 entries- branca noun (hooked claw)
- grinfia noun (hooked claw)
Japanese
1 entries- 爪 noun (hooked claw)
Korean
1 entries- 발톱 noun (hooked claw)
Lao
1 entries- ເລັບ noun (hooked claw)
Latin
1 entries- unguis noun (hooked claw)
Macedonian
1 entries- канџа noun (hooked claw)
Marathi
1 entries- नख noun (hooked claw)
Middle English
1 entries- taloun noun (hooked claw)
Navajo
1 entries- áláshgaan noun (hooked claw)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- klo noun (hooked claw)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- طرناق noun (hooked claw)
- قیناق noun (hooked claw)
- پنچه noun (hooked claw)
- چنك noun (hooked claw)
Persian
2 entries- چنگ noun (hooked claw)
- چنگال noun (hooked claw)
Polish
2 entries- pazur noun (hooked claw)
- szpon noun (hooked claw)
Portuguese
1 entries- garra noun (hooked claw)
Russian
1 entries- ко́готь noun (hooked claw)
Sanskrit
1 entries- नख noun (hooked claw)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ìne noun (hooked claw)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kȃndža noun (hooked claw)
- pȃndža noun (hooked claw)
- ка̑нџа noun (hooked claw)
- па̑нџа noun (hooked claw)
Slovak
1 entries- dráp noun (hooked claw)
Slovene
1 entries- krempelj noun (hooked claw)
Spanish
2 entries- garra noun (hooked claw)
- garrón noun (hooked claw)
Swedish
1 entries- klo noun (hooked claw)
Tajik
2 entries- чанг noun (hooked claw)
- чангол noun (hooked claw)
Tamil
1 entries- உகிர் noun (hooked claw)
Thai
2 entries- กรงเล็บ noun (hooked claw)
- เล็บ noun (hooked claw)
Turkish
1 entries- pençe noun (hooked claw)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кі́готь noun (hooked claw)
Zazaki
1 entries- pençe (diq) noun (hooked claw)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
and now doth gaſtly death With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart, And like a Harpye tires on my life.
Source: wiktionary
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 ?
Source: wiktionary
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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