مِخْلَبٌ

[The talon, or claw, of a bird or beast of prey; a tearing talon or claw;] the same to the bird (S, Mgh, Msb) and to the beast of prey (S, Msb) as the ظُفُر to man; (S, Mgh, Msb;) because the bird [or beast] cuts and rends with it the skin: (Msb:) the ظُفُر [or nail] (A, K) of any beast or bird of prey: or it is of a bird of prey; and the ظفر is of a bird that does not prey: (K:) plural مَخَالِبُ. (A.) [See also خِلْبٌ.] You say, أَنْشَبَ فِيهِ مَخَالِبَهُ, meaning (tropical:) He clung, or caught, to him, or it. (A.)

Also A مِنْجَل [or reaping-hook] (S, Msb, K) in a general sense: or (TA) that has no teeth. (S, Msb, TA.)