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Tiercel
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What's The Definition Of Tiercel?
[n] male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tiercel: tercel | tercelet Related Terms | Find terms related to Tiercel: See Also | hawk Tiercel In Webster's Dictionary \Tier"cel\, Tiercelet \Tierce"let\, n. [OE. tercel,
tercelet, F. tiercelet, a dim. of (assumed) tiercel, or LL.
tertiolus, dim. fr. L. tertius the third; -- so called,
according to some, because every third bird in the nest is a
male, or, according to others, because the male is the third
part less than female. Cf. {Tercel}.] (Falconry)
The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the
male of the goshawk. --Encyc. Brit.
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