Peregrine

Word PEREGRINE
Character 9
Hyphenation per e grine
Pronunciations /ˈpeɹɪɡɹɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Peregrine"

What do we mean by peregrine?

A peregrine falcon. noun

Roving or wandering. adjective

Foreign; alien. adjective

Foreign; not native.

Migratory, as a bird; coming from foreign parts; roving or wandering: specifically noting a kind of falcon, Falco peregrinus.

In astrology, not exerting a strong influence; void of essential dignities.

A foreign sojourner or resident in any state; a resident or subject not in possession of civil rights. noun

The peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus. noun

The peregrine falcon. noun

Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. adjective

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. adjective

Wandering, travelling, migratory. adjective

Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien. adjective

The peregrine falcon. noun

Migratory adjective

A widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry noun

The peregrine falcon.

A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than their own.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Peregrine

The word "peregrine" in example sentences

Because if anything, a peregrine is cooler than an eagle. ❋ Unknown (2007)

These include parrots, wrens, thornbills and raptors such as peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In addition, the researchers are investigating birds that are particularly fast fliers, such as peregrine falcons; those with acrobatic talents, such as swifts and house martins; those that can hover through powered flight, such as kingfishers; and birds that can fly backward, such as hummingbirds. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The name "peregrine" means wanderer, and the peregrine falcon has one of the longest migrations of any North American bird. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For Tom Litteral, an avid bird watcher in Steamboat Springs, those moments often involve birds of prey, such as peregrine falcons, diving at speeds as many as 225 miles per hour to strike victims in midair. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One may besyde these vse other maner of prohemes/whiche by cause they are nat set out of the very mater it selfe/or els the circumstaunces/as in these aforsayd they are called peregrine or strau[n]ge prohemes. ❋ Leonard Cox (1528)

The name "peregrine" means wanderer, and the Peregrine Falcon has one of the longest migrations of any North American bird. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Good to hear that Manchester's peregrine falcons are back in their original home after last year's unsettling bit of house-hunting. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The mood is stirred further by a male peregrine, who rises above the woods and glides south so smoothly that it feels as if I'm watching a floater pass gently down the curve of my own eye, rather than a distant physical object. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Out of this terror they build upwards into a great momentary cathedral of birds and the peregrine, shining powder-blue even in this flat light, twists down upon them. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The first Earth Day used the poster critters of the national bird, the bald eagle, and the worlds fastest bird, the peregrine falcon as signs of impending collapse. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The desert flower joins a growing list of rare plants and animals pulled back from the brink of oblivion thanks to federal intervention, reported the Times, "including such species as the bald eagle, the Virginia northern flying squirrel, the American peregrine falcon, the red kangaroo and the North Pacific population of the gray whale." ❋ Sean Paige (2011)

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