Talon or talons may refer to:

Science and technology

Talon (anatomy) A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). Some invertebrates such as beetles and spiders have somewhat similar fine, hooked structures at the end of the leg or tarsu ...

, the claw of a bird of prey *

TALON (database) TALON (Threat and Local Observation Notice) was a governmental database, database maintained by the United States Air Force after the September 11th attacks, September 11th terrorist attacks. It was authorized for creation in 2002 by Deputy Defense ...

, a database maintained by the US Air Force *

Brodifacoum Brodifacoum is a highly lethal 4-Hydroxycoumarins, 4-hydroxycoumarin vitamin K antagonist anticoagulant poison. In recent years, it has become one of the world's most widely used pesticides. It is typically used as a rodenticide, but is also used ...

, a rodenticide, also known as the brand Talon * an anti-vehicle-ramming

spike strip A spike strip (also referred to as a spike belt, road spikes, traffic spikes, tire shredders, stingers, stop sticks, by the trademark Stinger or formally known as a Tire Deflation Device or TDD) is a device or incident weapon used to impede or s ...

-like net

Entertainment and media

Talon (cards) In card games, a talon (; French for "heel") is a stack of undealt cards that is placed on the table to be used during the game. Depending on the game or region, they may also be referred to as the blind, kitty, skat, stock, tapp or widow (US). ...

, in some card games, the remainder of a deck of cards * Talon (''Smallville''), a fictional coffee shop in the TV series *

Talon (roller coaster) Talon: The Grip of Fear, or simply Talon, is an inverted roller coaster located at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Dorneyville, Pennsylvania. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) and designed by Werner Stengel at a cost of $13 million, T ...

, an inverted roller coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom * ''Talon'', a 2014 novel by

Julie Kagawa Julie Kagawa (born October 12, 1982) is an American author, best known for publishing and writing '' The Iron Fey Series'' consisting of 15 books including: ''The Iron King'', ''The Iron Daughter'', ''The Iron Queen'', and ''The Iron Knight''. ...

* ''The Talon'', the newspaper of Los Altos High School, US

Fictional characters

* Talons, assassins of the

Court of Owls The Court of Owls is a criminal organization and secret society appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They appear as adversaries of the superhero Batman. Created by writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, the Court is desc ...

in DC Comics *

Talon (DC Comics) Robin is the alias of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger, and Jerry Robinson to serve as a junior counterpart and the sidekick to the superhero Batma ...

, a character from ''Teen Titans'' * Talon, a character from ''Static Shock'' * Talon (''Transformers''), an autobot from ''Transformers'' * Talon, a character from ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' * Talon Karrde, a character from ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and Cultural impact of Star Wars, quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop cu ...

'' * Talon Maza, a character from ''Gargoyles'' * Talon Labarthe, a character from in ''

Ratatouille Ratatouille ( , ; ) is a French Provençal dish of stewed vegetables that originated in Nice and is sometimes referred to as ''ratatouille niçoise'' (). Recipes and cooking times differ widely, but common ingredients include tomato, garlic ...

'' *

Achille Talon ''Achille Talon'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series featuring an eponymous main character, created by Greg (the pseudonym of Michel Regnier). Starting publication in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Pilote'' in 1963, the series presents t ...

, comic book series and character * Darth Talon, a character from ''Star Wars: Legacy'' * Talon of the Silver Hawk or Talwin Hawkins in ''Conclave of Shadows'' * Talon, in the ''

Dark-Hunter Dark-Hunter is a term from a paranormal romance and fantasy series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Kenyon began writing the series in 1986 in horror, fantasy and science fiction magazines. Definition The Dark-Hunters are immortal warriors who sell their s ...

'' series *

X-23 Laura Kinney (designation X-23) is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with Wolverine (character), Wolverine, whose codename she has also used, and the X-Men. The characte ...

or Talon, in Marvel Comics * Talon, in the ''

Prey Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not ki ...

'' video game * Talon, in the video game ''

Primal Rage ''Primal Rage'' is a fighting game developed and released by Atari Games for amusement arcade, arcades in 1994. The game takes place on a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic version of Earth called "Urth". Players control o ...

'' * Talon, a member of the

Sackett The Sackett family is a fictional American family featured in a number of Western novels, short stories, and historical novels by American writer Louis L'Amour. Background The novels trace much of the history of the family through individu ...

family in various works by Louis L'Amour * Talon, a dog in the film ''

Snow Buddies ''Snow Buddies'' is a 2008 American adventure comedy film and the second installment in the '' Air Buddies'' series. It was released on DVD on February 5, 2008. The film takes place in the fictional town of Ferntiuktuk, Alaska. It is the final ...

'' * Talon, in the TV series ''

Inspector Gadget ''Inspector Gadget'' is a media franchise that began in 1983 with the DIC Entertainment animated television series '' Inspector Gadget''. Since the original series, there have been many spin-offs based on the show, including additional animated ...

Other fictional entities

Talon light fighter ''Wing Commander'' is a media franchise consisting of space combat simulation video games from Origin Systems, Inc., an animated television series, a feature film, a collectible card game, a series of novels, and action figures. The franchise ...

, in the ''Wing Commander'' franchise * F/A-37 Talon, an aircraft in the 2005 film ''

Stealth Stealth may refer to: Military *Stealth technology, technology used to conceal ships, aircraft, and missiles **Stealth aircraft, aircraft which use stealth technology ** Stealth ground vehicle, ground vehicles which use stealth technology ** Ste ...

'' * A terrorist group in the video game ''

Overwatch ''Overwatch'' (abbreviated as OW) is a multimedia franchise centered on a series of multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) video games developed by Blizzard Entertainment. ''Overwatch (video game), Overwatch'' was released in 2016 with a success ...

Music

* ''Talon'', a French term for the

bow frog The bow frog is the end part of a stringed musical instrument's bow that encloses the mechanism responsible for tightening and holding the bow hair ribbon. Most of the bow frogs used in today's classical bows are made of ebony; some syntheti ...

of a string instrument * Talons (band), a British band * ''Talons'' (EP), a 2009 EP by Josh Dies * "Talons" (song), a song on the 2008 Bloc Party album ''Intimacy''

Transportation

Ground

* Eagle Talon, an automobile produced by the Eagle division of Chrysler *

Foster-Miller TALON The Foster-Miller TALON is a Remotely operated robot, remotely operated, tracked military robot designed for missions ranging from reconnaissance to combat. It is made by the American robotics company Foster-Miller, QinetiQ-NA, a subsidiary of Q ...

, a US military unmanned ground vehicle * Talon MHS-II, a car built for the Can-Am series and used briefly in 1977

Aviation

Lockheed MC-130 The Lockheed MC-130 is the basic designation for a family of special mission aircraft operated by the United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), a wing of the Air Education and Training Command, and an AFSOC-gained wing of the ...

Combat Talon, a variant of the C-130 aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force *

Northrop T-38 Talon The Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twinjet Supersonic aircraft, supersonic jet trainer designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Northrop Corporation. It was the world's first supersonic trainer as well as the most produced. ...

, a US-built supersonic jet trainer for military pilots * RotorWay A600 Talon, an American helicopter design * Wills Wing Talon, an American hang glider design

Other uses

Talon (actor) The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.Talon (bearer bond), a document attached to a bearer bond which entitled the holder to a block of further coupons * Talon (rural locality), in Russia * Talon (surname) * Talon, Nièvre, a commune in France *

Talon Esports Talon Esports (stylized simply as TALON) is a professional esports organisation based in Hong Kong with teams competing across the Asia Pacific. Its ''League of Legends'' team was previously partnered with PSG Esports and known as PSG Talon. P ...

, a professional esports organisation based in Hong Kong **

PSG Talon The ''League of Legends'' team of Talon Esports, Talon is based in Taipei, Taiwan, and competes in the League of Legends Championship Pacific, ''League of Legends'' Championship Pacific (LCP), the top-level league for the video game in the As ...

, a professional ''League of Legends'' team *

Talon Zipper Talon was the first slide fastener, a/k/a zipper, manufacturing company. It was founded in 1893 as the Universal Fastener Company, manufacturing hookless fasteners for shoes. In 1913 it moved to Meadville, Pennsylvania, becoming the first manuf ...

, an American zipper company *

San Antonio Talons The San Antonio Talons were a professional arena football team based in San Antonio, Texas. They played in the Arena Football League (AFL). Their home arena was the Alamodome, following their relocation to San Antonio for the 2012 season. The ...

, San Antonio, Texas's arena football team, formerly the Tulsa Talons * The mascot of the Major League Soccer team D.C. United * Another name for

ogee An ogee ( ) is an object, element, or curve—often seen in architecture and building trades—that has a serpentine- or extended S-shape (Sigmoid curve, sigmoid). Ogees consist of a "double curve", the combination of two semicircle, semicircula ...

moulding in woodworking