TERCELET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tercelet mean? 

• TERCELET (noun)
  The noun TERCELET has 1 sense:

1. male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon

  Familiarity information: TERCELET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERCELET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tercel; tercelet; tiercel

Hypernyms ("tercelet" is a kind of...):

hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)

Derivation:

tercel (male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon)