Talon: alternatives and connections

A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.

The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting p…

A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the ki…

Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was…

primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.

The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.

A bird of the family Ampelidae -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic re…

The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous wit…

Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasp…

To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.

The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.

In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground.

A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself.

The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie.

The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous…