tiercel
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Items: a full-grown female of the species measures a full 3 ft. from top to tail, and her wings spread 7 ft. and more; the male, or tiercel, is smaller by a third.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he looked at them from the ground, he could believe that either a tiercel had brought them or maybe even an osprey.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
“The tiercel is roaming away from the aerie. That means he’s done nesting.”
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
The tiercel, he knew, wouldn’t come back until the workers went home.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
The tiercel caught up with her, then passed beneath her, flying upside down.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
