Tertial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or designating the third row of flight feathers on the basal section of a bird's wing.
  • n. A tertial feather.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any flight feather attached to the humerus (upper arm) of a bird.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective-and-noun. Same as tertiary.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the third rank or row among the flight-feathers of a bird's wing; tertiary, as a quill-feather.
  • n. A tertiary flight-feather; one of the pennæ, or large feathers, of a bird's wing of the third set, which grow on the elbow or upper arm; one of the tertiaries.
    • Word Usage
    "Still some cherries on my tertial stand, although the vireos were working on them just above my head."
    Variant
    tertiary   
     
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