Definition of "tercel" [ter•cel]

• A male hawk used in falconry. (noun)

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• "All parker did was say “windy” means winds in the 3rd tercel."
• "To get the upper tercel you had to consider winds from 3-9 mph."
• "She wrote a list of words: falcon, tercel, familiar, hood."