Halon vs Talon - What's the difference?
halon | talon |
(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens
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A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
(zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
(architecture) A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon .)
The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
In the card game bezique, the remaining stock of undealt cards.
As nouns the difference between halon and talon
is that halon is halon while talon is heel.halon
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See also
* (Haloalkane) ----talon
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(en noun)- (Francis Bacon)
- (Knight)