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tertials

tertials is the plural of tertial.

Meaning of tertial

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

Questions about tertials

What is tertials the plural of?
Tertials is the plural of tertial.

Words near tertials in the dictionary

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

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