Definition of tiercel
:a male hawk;
especially
:a male peregrine falcon
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Origin and Etymology of tiercel
Middle English tercel, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *tertiolus, from diminutive of Latin tertius third; probably from the fact that the male is about one third smaller than the female
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