talon

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
talon/ˈtalən/

▶noun

• 1 a claw, especially one belonging to a bird of prey.

• 2 the part of a bolt against which the key presses to slide it in a lock.

• 3 (in various card games) the cards that have not been dealt.

• 4 a printed form attached to a bearer bond that enables the holder to apply for a new sheet of coupons when the existing coupons have been used up.

• 5 Architecture an ogee moulding.

– derivatives
taloned adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr., lit. ‘heel’, from L. talus ‘ankle bone, heel’.