male+hawk
31sparrow hawk — noun Date: 15th century any of various small hawks: as a. an Old World accipiter (Accipiter nisus) that is dark gray to blackish above with the female having a grayish brown barred underside and the male having a chestnut barred underside b.… …
32white hawk — noun Irish : a male hen harrier …
33Falconry — For the unblack metal album, see Falconry (album). Flying a Saker Falcon …
34Sphingidae — For a complete species list of this family, see the Sphingidae species list. Taxobox name = Hawk moths image width = 200px image caption = Hummingbird hawk moth Macroglossum stellatarum regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo …
35tercelet — noun male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon • Syn: ↑tiercel, ↑tercel • Derivationally related forms: ↑tercel, ↑tercelet (for: ↑tercel) • Hypernyms: ↑hawk …
36tercel — /ˈtɜsəl/ (say tersuhl) noun a male hawk trained for falconry, especially the male peregrine falcon. Also, tiercel, tercelet /ˈtɜslət/ (say tersluht). {Middle English, from Old French, from tierz third, from Latin tertius, so called because the… …
37tiercel — [tir′səl] n. [ME tercel < OFr < VL * tertiolus < L tertius, third: said to be so named because it was believed that every third bird in a nest is a male] Falconry a male hawk, esp. the male peregrine …
38tiercel — or tercel noun Etymology: Middle English tercel, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *tertiolus, from diminutive of Latin tertius third; probably from the fact that the male is about one third smaller than the female Date: 14th century a male… …
39tercel — [ tə:s(ə)l] (also tiercel) noun Falconry a male hawk, especially a peregrine or a goshawk. Compare with falcon. Origin ME: from OFr., based on L. tertius third , perh. from the belief that the third egg of a clutch produced a male …
40tercel — (also tiercel) ► NOUN Falconry ▪ a male hawk, especially a peregrine or a goshawk. Compare with FALCON(Cf. ↑falcon). ORIGIN Old French, from Latin tertius third , perhaps from the belief that the third egg of a clutch produced a male …
