TIERCEL

tiercel, tercel, tercelet

(noun) male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tiercel (plural tiercels)

A male hawk or falcon, used in falconry.

Synonyms

• tarse

• tercelet

Anagrams

• clerite, reticle, tercile

Source: Wiktionary


Tier"cel, Tierce"let, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk. Encyc. Brit.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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