noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As they close in on the prey, they thrust their talons forward and the mighty claws take over.
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Easier, easier ... and Creggan, with his talons tentatively stretched out below him, landed on one of its branches.
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Grasped tightly in its sharp talons was an ancient key.
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He flexed his hand and stroked a talon across his own forearm.
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Her talons are thrust forward ready to grab the food.
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I twisted on the pole, pushed my talons forward and caught one of them a passing blow.
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There, grasping the snail firmly in the talons of one foot, it waits.
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Well feather-insulated talons of a snowy owl's feet.