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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 tal·on /ˈtælən/
 爪,如爪的手,魔爪,鴿胸雕花

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 tal·on /ˈtælən/ 名詞
 (拉)磨牙低尖(上磨牙後部)

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tal·on n.
 1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.
 2. Zool. One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
 3. Arch. A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee.
 Note:When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.
 4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 talon
      n : a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey