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Tiercelet

Tiercel \Tier"cel\, Tiercelet \Tierce"let\, n. [OE. tercel, tercelet, F. tiercelet, a dim. of (assumed) tiercel, or LL. tertiolus, dim. fr. L. tertius the third; -- so called, according to some, because every third bird in the nest is a male, or, according to others, because the male is the third part less than female. Cf. Tercel.] (Falconry) The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk.
--Encyc. Brit.

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tiercelet

n. (alternative form of tercelet English)

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Tiercelet

''' Tiercelet ''' ( Luxembourgish: Däitsch-Lahr and Lahr) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

Usage examples of "tiercelet".

The descendants of those tiercelets are even now known in France under those names.