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ter·tial  audio  (tūrshl) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Of, relating to, or designating the third row of flight feathers on the basal section of a bird's wing.
NOUN:
A tertial feather.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin tertius, third ; see tertiary + -al1


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