talon (talon)

noun

• 1a claw, especially one belonging to a bird of prey: the mouse wouldn’t have stood much chance against the peregrine’s talons figurative the black talons of mechanized war

• 2the part of a bolt against which the key presses to slide it in a lock.

• 3(in various card games) the cards that have not yet been dealt.

• 4a printed form attached to a bearer bond that enables the holder to apply for a new sheet of coupons when the existing coupons have been used up.

• 5an ogee moulding.