Both Uses of
talon
in
The Jungle Book
- This is the hour of pride and power, Talon and tush and claw.
p. 7.3talon = sharp hooked claw
- Bagheera stretched out one paw and admired the steel-blue, ripping-chisel talons at the end of it—
p. 44.6 *talons = sharp hooked claws
Definition:
a sharp hooked claw -- especially on a bird of prey