[tawl-buh
t, tal-] 
| a hound with long pendent ears. |
[tawl-buht or, for 3, tal-] | 1. | Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714. |
| 2. | William Henry Fox, 1800–77, English pioneer in photography. |
| 3. | a male given name. |
| Tal·bot (tôl'bət, tāl'-) n. A large white or light-colored hound of an English variety, having long hanging ears and heavy jaws, formerly used for tracking and hunting. [Middle English, personal name, from Old French.] |
| Talbot, William Henry Fox 1800-1877. British inventor and pioneer in photography who made photographic prints on paper treated with silver chloride (1838) and produced the first book illustrated with photographs (1844-1846). |