Talon

A talon is a sharp claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey, such as the eagle, hawk, falcon, owl, or buzzard. It may also refer to:

Places:

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

People:

• Durwin Talon, an illustrator and professor of new media
• Jean Talon, the first intendant of New France
• Zoé Talon, comtesse du Cayla
• Defence code names for fighter pilots like Talon 1, Talon 2. As used in Hollywood film 'Stealth'.

Music:

• 'Talon', a French term used to refer to the 'heel' or 'frog' of the bow 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

Fictional characters:

• Talon (Static Shock), a character in the Static Shock animated series
• Talon, a character in The Legend of Zelda series
• Talon, a character in the Dark-Hunter series, by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• Talon, the mascot of the Major League Soccer team D.C. United
• Talon, a character from the Prey video game
• Talon, a character from the video game Primal Rage
• Talon, the codename of X-23, a Marvel Comics character
• Talon (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
• Talon (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics superhero from the Guardians of the Galaxy future
• Talon (Transformers), a member of the Decepticon Action Masters
• Achille Talon, comic book series and character
• Talon Karrde, a character in the Star Wars universe
• Darth Talon, another character in the Star Wars universe
• Talon of the Silver Hawk, also known as Talwin Hawkins, a character featured in Raymond E. Feist's Conclave of Shadows trilogy
• Talon, a family character name in the Louis Lamour series The Sacketts
• Talon, a champion in the game League of Legends

Vehicles:

• the Eagle Talon, an automobile produced by the Eagle division of Chrysler
• the T-38 Talon, a US-built supersonic jet trainer for military pilots
• the Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talon, a variant of the C-130 aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force
• Foster-Miller TALON, a US military unmanned ground vehicle
• Talon light fighter, a fictional starfighter in Wing Commander
• F/A-37 Talon, a fictional advanced fighter aircraft in the 2005 film Stealth
• Talon (roller coaster), an inverted roller coaster

Other:

• The official newspaper of Los Altos High School (Los Altos, California)
• San Antonio Talons, San Antonio,Texas's arena football team,formerly the Tulsa Talons.
• TalonSoft, a computer game developer
• Talon Zipper, US zipper company
• in some card games, the remainder of a deck of cards stacked on the table after the deal
• a well-known brand name for the poison brodifacoum
• 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)