talon
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“One usually turns upside down, so they meet talon to talon,” Taylor said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
He is walking, one black-tipped talon outstretched, wings flat at his side.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2023
“Usually, they try to bite or talon us when we get close,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
The birders’ euphemism for catching a talon is “getting footed,” and it’s both extremely painful and difficult to remove.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
His feet sunflower yellow, like the color of the ones that grow in Byrd’s garden, and each dotted with a black talon.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
At the same time, bald eagles were rumored to sometimes kidnap human babies and fly away with them in their talons.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
On their right, the nails are like talons, sharpened to a menacing point.
From BBC ● May 30, 2025
The San Bernardino County Rural Task Force then executed a search warrant on the property and found steel talons and about two dozen firearms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025
In owls, for example, touch centers that typically correspond to face touch are devoted solely to talons.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
At the same moment the kestrel, all beak and talons, hit the loose earth immediately outside like a missile thrown from the tree above.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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