peregrine

[per-i-grin, -green, -grahyn]

adjective

1. foreign; alien; coming from abroad.

2. wandering, traveling, or migrating.

noun

1. peregrine falcon.

peregrine

/ ˈpɛrɪɡrɪn /

adjective

1. coming from abroad

2. travelling or migratory; wandering

Other Word Forms

• peregrinity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of peregrine¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin peregrīnus foreign, derivative of peregrē abroad, literally, through (i.e., beyond the borders of ) the field, equivalent to per- per- + -egr-, combining form of ager field + -ē adv. suffix; -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of peregrine¹

C14: from Latin peregrīnus foreign, from pereger being abroad, from per through + ager land (that is, beyond one's own land)

Example Sentences

But tempus fugit, as the chiming of the library clock made clear, and since Edward Ashton had left, the time had flown faster than a keen-eyed peregrine falcon swooping earthward for its prey.

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Or the peregrine falcons, with their bladelike talons and darting eyes that could spot a tasty field mouse on the ground from hundreds of feet in the air?

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Sequoia National Park is home to the world’s largest trees and iconic birds including peregrine falcons and bald eagles.

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“He is a mix between a bird of prey, like a peregrine falcon, with extremely streamlined shapes — of course a feline but also a Mexican salamander called an axolotl,” Otto says.

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"Those birds, in turn, then provide a food source for some of the more charismatic birds, like peregrine falcons or kestrels."

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