Definition of "talonlike" []

• Resembling or characteristic of a talon. (adjective)

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• "He slashed her across the cheek with his talonlike nails before leaping back in a dizzying blur."
• "Transfixed, Isobel watched as the blood-haired boy raised a thin, abnormally long hand, the tips of which ended in long, red, talonlike claws."
• "Aurelia made an especially strong impression, as she pointed her talonlike finger at the accused, sitting no more than ten feet from her, and insisted in her hard voice that the Good Goddess must be placated by his exile or disaster would descend on Rome."