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tertial

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ter⋅tial

  [tur-shuhl] Ornithology
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–adjective
1. pertaining to any of a set of flight feathers situated on the basal segment of a bird's wing.
–noun
2. a tertial feather.
Origin:
1830–40; < L terti(us) third + -al 1
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ter·tial   (tûr'shəl)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or designating the third row of flight feathers on the basal section of a bird's wing.
n.  A tertial feather.

[Latin tertius, third; see tertiary + -al1.]
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