tertial
[ tur-shuhl ]
adjective
pertaining to any of a set of flight feathers situated on the basal segment of a bird's wing.
noun
a tertial feather.
Origin of tertial
1Words Nearby tertial
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How to use tertial in a sentence
tertial, ter′shal, adj. of the third rank among the flight-feathers of a bird's wing.
British Dictionary definitions for tertial
tertial
/ (ˈtɜːʃəl) /
adjective, noun
another word for tertiary (def. 5), tertiary (def. 6)
Origin of tertial
1C19: from Latin tertius third, from ter thrice, from trēs three
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