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TIERCEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tiercel mean?
• TIERCEL (noun)
The noun TIERCEL has 1 sense:
1. male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon
Familiarity information: TIERCEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("tiercel" is a kind of...):
hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)
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