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tiercelet |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tiercel \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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