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tertial

UK/ˈtɜːʃl̩/US/ˈtɝʃl̩/

tertial noun: any flight feather attached to the humerus (upper arm) of a bird.

Noun

tertial (plural tertials)

  1. Any flight feather attached to the humerus (upper arm) of a bird.
    • He continues — "There was the same rear up, with the head bent down, followed by an upjerk of the hind parts; the long sickle-shaped tertials, so noticeable in this species, seemed little if at all expanded, […]1923, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Birds: Wild Fowl, page 76

tertial meaning in Tamil

tertial in Tamil

மூன்றாம் வரிசை இறகு

Forms of tertial

pluraltertials

Origin of tertial

From Latin tertius (“third”); the tertial feathers are the third row of feathers. By surface analysis, terti- + -al.

Words that rhyme with tertial

Questions about tertial

What does tertial mean?
Tertial means any flight feather attached to the humerus (upper arm) of a bird.
What is tertial in Tamil?
Tertial in Tamil is மூன்றாம் வரிசை இறகு. See Tertial meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tertial?
Tertial is a noun.
How do you pronounce tertial?
Tertial is pronounced /ˈtɝʃl̩/ (US).
What is the plural of tertial?
The plural of tertial is tertials.

Words near tertial in the dictionary

  1. tertatolol
  2. tertbutyl
  3. terthiophene
  4. terthiophenes
  5. terti-
  6. tertial
  7. tertials
  8. tertian
  9. tertians
  10. tertianship
  11. tertianships

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tertial (page history and authors); tertial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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