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Word: Tercel
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin tertius ‘third’, perhaps from the belief that the third egg of a clutch produced a male
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtəːs(ə)l
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the male of a hawk, especially a peregrine or a goshawk.
Short Definition:male of hawk
Variant Forms:
- tiercel
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