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Definition
a sharp hooked claw — especially on a bird of prey
- But upon the signal of an eagle with a serpent in his talons, which appeared on the left hand of the Trojans, Polydamas endeavours to withdraw them again.Book 12 (2% in)
- His eagle, sacred bird of heaven! he sent, A fawn his talons truss'd, (divine portent!Book 8 (44% in)
- Jove's bird on sounding pinions beat the skies; A bleeding serpent of enormous size, His talons truss'd; alive, and curling round, He stung the bird, whose throat received the wound: Mad with the smart, he drops the fatal prey, In airy circles wings his painful way, Floats on the winds, and rends the heaven with cries: Amidst the host the fallen serpent lies.Book 12 (43% in)
There are no more uses of "talon" in The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope).
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