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Meaning of tertial | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈtɝʃl̩

Definitions

Any flight feather attached to the humerus (upper arm) of a bird.

Examples

“He continues — "There was the same rear up, with the head bent down, followed by an upjerk of the hind parts; the long sickle-shaped tertials, so noticeable in this species, seemed little if at all expanded, […]”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Tertian tertianship tertiapin Tertiaries tertiariness tertiarism

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