TALON

noun Etymology: Middle English taloun heel, hind claw of a bird of prey, from Anglo-French talun, from Vulgar Latin *~-, *talo, from Latin talus ankle, anklebone Date: 15th century 1. the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey, a finger or hand of a human being, a part or object shaped like or suggestive of a heel or claw: as, an ogee molding, the shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt, 3. cards laid aside in a pile in solitaire, stock 10c, ~ed adjective