What's the difference between tarse and tiercel?

Tarse


Definition:

  • (n.) The male falcon.
  • (n.) tarsus.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) All peripheric joints can be involved, except knees, ankles and tarses.

Tiercel


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Tiercelet

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A couple of flaps, and the male, the tiercel, would be above the female, and then he’d drift north of her, and then slip down, fast, like a knife-cut, a smooth calligraphic scrawl underneath her, and she’d dip a wing, and then they’d soar up again.

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