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- TIERCEL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TIERCEL is a male hawk; especially : a male peregrine falcon
- Falcon - Wikipedia
The traditional term for a male falcon is tercel (British spelling) or tiercel (American spelling), from the Latin tertius because of the belief that only one in three eggs hatched a male bird
- The Falcon and the Tiercel - Cabrillo National Monument (U. S . . .
Because of this, the male is often referred to as the "tiercel," while the females are referred to as falcons It can be a little difficult to discern the falcon from the tiercel by size difference alone, if only one peregrine is in view
- Tiercel | male hawk | Britannica
…the female—is known as a tiercel Indoor housing for hawks is called a mews The falconer’s equipment is known as items of furniture Examples include leather gloves, worn to protect the falconer from the hawk’s talons, and hoods, used to cover the eyes of the hawk (Longwings are trained to…
- tiercel - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
tiercel (plural tiercels) (falconry) A male hawk or falcon Obsolete spellings, forms and alternatives: TARCEL, TARSEL (L), TASSEL (L), TYERCEL, TYERCLE, TIERCELET, TERCELET, TYERCLET, others [ ]
- Peregrine falcon - The Raptor Center
The male (the tiercel) is about two-thirds the size of the female (the falcon) Adults have a dark slate-blue back and wings and a dark blue tail that is lightly barred The top of the head is dark with a dark stripe (malar stripe) running down the side of the face
- What does tiercel mean? - Answers
Tiercel refers to the male I e the female peregrine falcon is properly called a falcon, and the male-which, in common with most species of raptors, is smaller than the female-is known as a
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