- taloned
- adjective see talon
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
taloned
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taloned — adjective (of a claw or nail) hooked, like a talon Buffy in jeans and bikini top her faux ponytail sleek and blackly gleaming falling to the middle of her back, her lewd green taloned nails curved about the camera, tongue protruding between… … Wiktionary
taloned — talon ► NOUN ▪ a claw, especially one belonging to a bird of prey. DERIVATIVES taloned adjective. ORIGIN Old French, heel , from Latin talus ankle bone, heel … English terms dictionary
taloned — tal·oned … English syllables
taloned — adjective (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons • Syn: ↑clawed • Similar to: ↑armed … Useful english dictionary
talon — taloned, adj. /tal euhn/, n. 1. a claw, esp. of a bird of prey. 2. the shoulder on the bolt of a lock against which the key presses in sliding the bolt. 3. Cards. the cards left over after the deal; stock. [1350 1400; ME taloun < AF; OF talon … Universalium
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