tiercel

Etymology
From, from , from , the diminutive of. Sources disagree whether the connection is that the males of most species of birds of prey favoured in falconry are smaller than the females by about a third, or whether it refers to the supposition that only one egg in three yields a male.

Noun

 * 1)  A male hawk or falcon.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: мъжки ястреб
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: hím héja/sólyom
 * Italian: terzuolo, terzolo
 * Manx: shawk firryn
 * Polish:, ,