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Llegirse vs Tertiary - What's the difference?

llegirse | tertiary |

As an adjective tertiary is

(geology) of or pertaining to the first part of the cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared.

As a proper noun tertiary is

(geology) the first part of the cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared.

llegirse

Not English

Llegirse has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'llegirse':

liquorice, licorice, lacrosse

tertiary

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of third rank or order; subsequent.
  • (chemistry) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals.
    • a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt
  • (zoology, of quills) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial.

    • Derived terms

    * tertiary care

    Coordinate terms

    (terms coordinate to tertiary) * primary (1) * secondary (2) * quaternary (4) * quinary (5) * senary (6) * septenary (7) * octonary (8) * nonary (9) * denary (10) * duodenary (12) * vigenary (20)

    See also

    * cubic

    Noun

    (tertiaries)
  • A tertiary feather.
  • A member of a Roman Catholic third order - the Franciscans, Dominicans and Carmelites among others.