talon
A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animalA sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
» A smart falcon hides its talons.
Ein geschickter Falke verbirgt seine Krallen.
Значение
значений: 6A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
Klaue
ко́готьkógotʹ
кі́готьkíhotʹ
a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
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.
(историческое)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.
Примеры
предложений: 5A smart falcon hides its talons.
deEin geschickter Falke verbirgt seine Krallen.
The hawk grasp the bat with its sharp talons.
The eagle's talons were exposed like huge meat hooks.
Hawks have sharp talons.
A hawk's talon is sharp.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
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Происхождение
From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval LatFrom Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Proto-Romance *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”).
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