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.
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.
⇒ 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.
Knight.
© Webster 1913.