All 5 Uses of
talon
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Bob Cowley's outstretched talons griped the black deepsounding chords.†
Chpt 11 *talons = sharp hooked claws
- (with feeble vulture talons he feels the silent face of Bloom) Are you not my son Leopold, the grandson of Leopold†
Chpt 15
- With little parted talons she captures his hand, her forefinger giving to his palm the passtouch of secret monitor, luring him to doom.†
Chpt 15
- His left hand grasps a huge crayfish by its two talons.†
Chpt 15
- (He cries, his vulture talons sharpened) Hola†
Chpt 15
Definition:
a sharp hooked claw -- especially on a bird of prey