talon

«talon» in Mova's school dictionary: a long, sharp, curved claw on the foot of a bird of prey… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a talon, talons)

meaning for a pupil

1) A talon is a long, sharp, curved claw on the foot of a bird of prey, like an eagle, owl or hawk. tree →

2) In stories, talons can be any sharp claws or long fingernails that look frightening. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, talons are an adaptation of predators: an owl or eagle grips and kills prey with its talons and tears food with its hooked beak. In stories, a monster or witch might have «talons» to sound scary. Phrases: «sharp talons», «gripped in its talons», «eagle's talons».

examples

• The eagle grabbed the fish with its talons. tree →
• An owl's talons are very sharp. tree →
• The hawk perched on the falconer's glove, which protected his arm from its talons. tree →
• The dragon's talons scraped across the rock. tree →
• The witch pointed a long, talon-like fingernail at him. tree →
• Ospreys have rough talons to hold slippery fish. tree →
• A hungry Hawk presently spied her, and darting to the spot seized her in his talons. tree →

note

Plural: «talons». Usually for birds of prey; for cats and dogs say «claws». Say it "TAL-on".

In the corpora

• Birds of prey, also called raptors, hunt other animals with sharp eyes, hooked beaks and gripping feet with curved talons.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «talon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.