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Definition of Talons
1. talon [n] - See also: talon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talons
Literary usage of Talons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"The birds which have hooked talons are never gregarious; each one seeks its prey
by itself. They nearly all of them soar to a great height, ..."
2. The Epigrams of Martial by Martial (1877)
"the youth,1 the burden unhurt clung to its anxious talons. From Caesar's lions
their own prey now ... no prey : The prize, unhurt, in trembling talons hung. ..."
3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Is clutched in eagle-talons, when the bird Of Jove soars skyward with his prey;
or tender Iamb From bleating mother and the broken fold Is stolen by the ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"talons, and thus, in a bended position, swallows its food. It kills its prey by
striking it violently with the foot. It prefers living to dead animals, ..."
5. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1851)
"... of the former stages may be inferred from the hands and feet, as well as the
countenance, as whether they have had paws or claws, hoofs or talons. ..."
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