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# tiercel

noun (a tiercel, tiercels; also tercel)

«tiercel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A tiercel (also spelled tercel) is a male hawk or falcon, especially in falconry, the sport of training hawks to hunt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiercel/#m1)

### In the lessons

In falconry and nature books, «tiercel» is the old special word for the male bird, which is about a third smaller than the female (the name comes from the old word for «third»). Children may meet it in bird-of-prey displays, historical stories and old poems. Phrases: «a tiercel peregrine», «falcon and tiercel».

### Examples

- The falconer flew a tiercel peregrine at the show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiercel/#x1)
- A tiercel is smaller than the female falcon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiercel/#x2)
- The tiercel landed on the falconer's glove. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiercel/#x3)
- In the old poem, the knight kept a tiercel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiercel/#x4)
- The female falcon is bigger than the tiercel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiercel/#x5)
- The tiercel brought food to the nest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiercel/#x6)

### Note

Rare, specialist word. Also «tercel». Female hawks and falcons are usually larger than males — the opposite of many other birds.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tiercel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiercel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tiercel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tiercel.html) on Mova free.