TERCEL


Meaning of TERCEL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtə:səl ]

n. (also tiercel) Falconry the male of the hawk, esp. a peregrine or goshawk. [ME f. OF tercel, ult. a dimin. of L tertius third, perh. from a belief that the third egg of a clutch produced a male bird, or that the male was one-third smaller than the female]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.