Talon

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A talon is the claw of a bird of prey.

Talon may also refer to:

People

• As a given name for a male
• Durwin Talon, an illustrator and professor of new media
• Jean Talon, the first intendant of New France
• Zoé Talon, comtesse du Cayla
• Dale Tallon, former professional ice hockey player.
• Talon, pornographic actor.

Places

• Talon, Nièvre, a commune in the Nièvre département in France
• Talon (Smallville), a fictional coffee shop in the TV series Smallville

Brands and companies

• Talon Zipper, US zipper company
• TalonSoft, a computer game developer
• Talon, brand name for the poison brodifacoum

Entertainment and media

• Talon, the official newspaper of Los Altos High School (Los Altos, California)
• Talon, in some card games, the remainder of a deck of cards stacked on the table after the deal
• Talon, a fiction novel written by Julie Kagawa

Fictional characters

• Talon (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
• Talon (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics superhero from the Guardians of the Galaxy future
• Talon (Static Shock), a character in the Static Shock animated series
• Talon (Transformers), a member of the Decepticon Action Masters
• Talon, a character in The Legend of Zelda series
• Talon Karrde, a character in the Star Wars universe
• Talons, assassins trained by the Court of Owls
• Achille Talon, comic book series and character
• Darth Talon, another character in the Star Wars universe
• Talon, a DC Comics series starring superhero Calvin Rose
• Talon of the Silver Hawk, also known as Talwin Hawkins, a character featured in Raymond E. Feist's Conclave of Shadows trilogy
• Talon, a character in the Dark-Hunter series, by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• Talon, the Blade's Shadow, a playable champion character in the action real-time strategy video game League of Legends
• Talon, the codename of X-23, a Marvel Comics character
• Talon, a character from the Prey video game
• Talon, a character from the video game Primal Rage
• Talon, a family character name in the Louis Lamour series The Sacketts
• Talon, a dog in the Disney film Snow Buddies
• Talon, a character/champion in-game [League Of Legends]
• Talon, nephew of Dr. Claw in Inspector Gadget (2015 TV series)

Fictional vehicles

• Talon light fighter, a fictional starfighter in Wing Commander
• F/A-37 Talon, a fictional advanced fighter aircraft in the 2005 film Stealth

Music

• Talon, a French term used to refer to the heel or frog of the bow (music) of a string instrument
• "Talons", a song on the album Intimacy by Bloc Party
• "In Our Talons", a song on the album Hymns for a Dark Horse by Bowerbirds

Sports

• San Antonio Talons, San Antonio, Texas's arena football team, formerly the Tulsa Talons.
• Talon, the mascot of the Major League Soccer team D.C. United

Vehicles

• Talon (roller coaster), an inverted roller coaster
• Eagle Talon, an automobile produced by the Eagle division of Chrysler
• Foster-Miller TALON, a US military unmanned ground vehicle
• Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talon, a variant of the C-130 aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force
• T-38 Talon, a US-built supersonic jet trainer for military pilots
• RotorWay A600 Talon, an American helicopter design
• Talon MHS-II, a car built for the Can-Am series and used briefly in 1977

In other uses

• TALON (database), a database maintained by the US Air Force
• Ogee, a shape used in woodworking
• The symbol of the 3rd Battalion of the 82nd Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division (United States)

See also

• Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia