Talon

Talon

A talon is a claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey. It is usually the sharp claw of a bird of prey, such as the eagle, a hawk, a falcon, or a buzzard. It may also refer to: Places:
* Talon, Nièvre, a commune in the Nièvre "département" in FranceProducts:
* Brass eagle paintball marker called "talon".People:
* Durwin Talon, an illustrator and professor of new media
* Jean Talon, the first intendant of New FranceFictional characters:
* the stage name of professional wrestler Talon Thorne
* Talon, a character in the "Static Shock" animated series
* a character from the Nintendo 64 game ""
* a character from "Prey" (video game)
* a character from "Primal Rage"
* the codename of X-23, a Marvel Comics character
* Talon (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
* Talon (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics superhero from the Guardians of the Galaxy future
* Achille Talon, comic book series and character
* Talon Karrde, a character in the Star Wars universe.
* Talon (Farscape), is a sentient starship (son of Moya) in the TV show Farscape.Objects:
* the Eagle Talon, an automobile produced by the Eagle division of Chrysler
* the T-38 Talon, a US-built supersonic jet trainer for military pilots
* the Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talon, a variant of the C-130 aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force
* Foster-Miller TALON, a US military unmanned ground vehicle
* Talon light fighter, a fictional starfighter in "Wing Commander (computer game)
* F/A-37 Talon, a fictional advanced fighter aircraft in the 2005 film "Stealth" (film)
* Talon (roller coaster), an inverted roller coasterOther:
* TalonSoft, a computer game developer
* Talon Zipper, US zipper company
* in some card games, the remainder of a deck of cards stacked on the table after the deal
* a well-known brand name for the poison brodifacoum
* TALON (database), maintained by the US Air Force


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  • talon — [ talɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1155; lat. pop. °talo, onis, class. talus I ♦ 1 ♦ Partie postérieure du pied (chez l être humain), dont la face inférieure touche le sol pendant la marche. Talon et pointe du pied. Os du talon. ⇒ calcanéum. Mercure porte des… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • TALON — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • talon — TALON. s. m. La partie de derriere du pied. Il a le talon escorché. Achille ne pouvoit estre blessé qu au talon. avoir les mules aux talons. l os du talon. on peint Mercure avec des ailes aux talons. On dit d Un cheval, qu Il a le talon haut, le… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • talon — TALÓN, taloane, s.n. 1. Parte a unei foi dintr un registru, dintr un chitanţier, dintr un bonier etc. care rămâne la cotor după ce s a rupt partea detaşabilă. 2. Parte a ciorapului care acoperă călcâiul, marcată printr o ţesătură mai deasă. 3.… …   Dicționar Român

  • talón — sustantivo masculino 1. Parte posterior del pie humano, de forma redondeada: Me rompí el talón. 2. Parte del calzado, la media o el calcetín que cubre esta zona del pie: No me gustan los zapatos con el talón de otro color. 3. Parte blanda y… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Talon — Sm Kontrollabschnitt, Kartenrest per. Wortschatz fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. talon Rest , dieses aus l. tālus Fesselknochen, Sprungbein, Ferse . Ferse gilt in Wendungen wie vom Scheitel bis zur Sohle/Ferse als Ende .    Ebenso… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • talón — m. anat. Parte posterior del pie constituido por la región posterior del hueso calcáneo. Medical Dictionary. 2011. talón Parte …   Diccionario médico

  • talon — tal‧on [ˈtælən] noun [countable] FINANCE a special piece of paper that comes with some bearer bond S, used to obtain more coupon S when they are needed * * * talon UK US /ˈtælən/ noun [C] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET …   Financial and business terms

  • talon — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż I, D. u, Mc. talonnie {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} kupon, bon upoważniający do zakupu pewnych towarów, zwłaszcza trudno dostępnych w handlu, lub otrzymania określonych usług : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Talon na sprzęt gospodarstwa… …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • Talon — Tal on, n. [F., heel, spur, LL. talo, fr. L. talus the ankle, heel.] 1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • talon — (n.) c.1400, talounz claws of a bird or beast, probably originally from O.Fr. talon heel or hinder part of the foot of a beast, or of a man, or of a shoe, from M.L. talonem heel, from L. talus ankle (see TALUS (Cf. talus) (1)). The extension to… …   Etymology dictionary

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