tertial

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or designating the third row of flight feathers on the basal section of a bird's wing.
  2. noun A tertial feather.

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  1. Latin tertius, third; see tertiary + -al1.

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  1. from Latin tertialis, from tertius, third: see terce.
 

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