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Peregrine

Peregrine Meaning & Definition
Peregrine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Peregrine?

[n] a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
[adj] (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Peregrine: Falco peregrinus | mobile | nomadic | peregrine falcon | roving | unsettled | wandering

Related Terms | Find terms related to Peregrine: Ahasuerus | ambulant | ambulative | ambulatory | Ancient Mariner | Argonaut | bird of passage | circuit-riding | drifter | expeditionary | floater | Flying Dutchman | gad | gadabout | globe-girdling | globe-trotting | go-about | going | Goliard | itinerant | itinerary | journeying | locomotive | mover | moving | mundivagant | Odysseus | Oisin | on tour | Ossian | passing | pedestrian | perambulating | perambulatory | peregrinative | peregrinator | peripatetic | pilgrimlike | progressing | rambler | roamer | rolling stone | rover | runabout | straggler | stroller | strolling | strolling player | touring | touristic | touristy | traveling | trekking | troubadour | Ulysses | visitant | walking | wanderer | wandering minstrel | wandering scholar | wayfaring

See Also | Falco | falcon | falcon-gentil | falcon-gentle | genus Falco

Peregrine In Webster's Dictionary

\Per"e*grine\, a. [L. peregrinus. See {Pilgrim}.] Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. [Spelt also {pelegrine}.] ``Peregrine and preternatural heat.'' --Bacon. {Peregrine falcon} (Zo["o]l.), a courageous and swift falcon ({Falco peregrinus}), remarkable for its wide distribution over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks, white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called also {peregrine hawk}, {duck hawk}, {game hawk}, and {great-footed hawk}.
\Per"e*grine\, n. The peregrine falcon.

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