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Definition of: tercel
(tûr′səl) noun
A male falcon, especially the peregrine falcon: also spelled tassel. Also terce·let (tûrs′lit). [<OF <L tertius third; said to be so called because every third egg in a falcon's nest was thought to produce a male]
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