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tercelets

tercelets is the plural of tercelet.

Meaning of tercelet

Noun

tercelet (plural tercelets)

  1. A male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tiercel.
    • In the Squire's Tale this is expressed in avian terms when the tercelet flies off with a kite;1999, Geoffrey Lester, Chaucer in Perspective: Middle English Essays, page 110

Questions about tercelets

What is tercelets the plural of?
Tercelets is the plural of tercelet.

Words near tercelets in the dictionary

  1. terce
  2. tercel
  3. tercel gentle
  4. tercel gentles
  5. tercelet
  6. tercelets
  7. tercels
  8. tercels gentle
  9. tercentenarian
  10. tercentenarians
  11. tercentenaries

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