tertial

[tur-shuh l]Ornithology

adjective

pertaining to any of a set of flight feathers situated on the basal segment of a bird's wing.

noun

a tertial feather.

Nearby words

terrorize,
terry,
terry's syndrome,
tersanctus,
terse,
tertian,
tertian malaria,
tertianship,
tertiary,
tertiary alcohol

Origin of tertial

1830–40; < Latin terti(us) third + -al¹

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Examples from the Web for tertial

Tertial, ter′shal, adj. of the third rank among the flight-feathers of a bird's wing.
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British Dictionary definitions for tertial

tertial

adjective, noun

another word for tertiary (def. 5), tertiary (def. 6)

Word Origin for tertial

C19: from Latin tertius third, from ter thrice, from trēs three

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