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səl noun Falconry.
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
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| —n | |
| a male falcon or hawk, esp as used in falconry | |
| [C14: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin tertiolus (unattested), from Latin tertius third, referring to the tradition that only one egg in three hatched a male chick] | |
| tiercel or tiercel | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin tertiolus (unattested), from Latin tertius third, referring to the tradition that only one egg in three hatched a male chick] | |
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Tercel
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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tercel
"male falcon," c.1381, from O.Fr. tercel (c.1200), from M.L. tertiolus, from L. tertius "third." Various theories as to why it is called this; one says it's because the males are a third smaller than the females, another because a third egg in the nest (smaller than the other two) is believed always
to produce a male bird.
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