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tercel

N นก เหยี่ยว ตัวผู้ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TERCEL

n.The male of the common falcon. [Falco Peregrinus.]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TERCEL

TERCEL Ter "cel, n.

 

Defn: See Tiercel. Called also tarsel, tassel. Chaucer.

 

TERCELET

TERCELET Terce "let, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet. Chaucer.

 

TERCELLENE

TERCELLENE Ter "cel *lene, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A small male hawk. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tercel

ter cel |ˈtərsəl ˈtərsəl | ▶noun variant spelling of tiercel. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin tertius ‘third, ’ perhaps from the belief that the third egg of a clutch produced a male.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tercel

tercel |ˈtəːs (ə )l |(also tiercel ) ▶noun Falconry the male of a hawk, especially a peregrine or a goshawk. Compare with falcon. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin tertius ‘third ’, perhaps from the belief that the third egg of a clutch produced a male.