PEREGRINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peregrine mean? 

• PEREGRINE (noun)
  The noun PEREGRINE has 1 sense:

1. a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

  Familiarity information: PEREGRINE used as a noun is very rare.

• PEREGRINE (adjective)
  The adjective PEREGRINE has 1 sense:

1. migratory

  Familiarity information: PEREGRINE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEREGRINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Falco peregrinus; peregrine; peregrine falcon

Hypernyms ("peregrine" is a kind of...):

falcon (diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peregrine"):

falcon-gentil; falcon-gentle (female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon)

Holonyms ("peregrine" is a member of...):

Falco; genus Falco (a genus of Falconidae)

Derivation:

peregrine (migratory)

• PEREGRINE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Migratory

Synonyms:

mobile; nomadic; peregrine; roving; wandering

Context example:

wandering tribes

Similar:

unsettled (not settled or established)

Derivation:

peregrine (a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry)

 Context examples 

Its shrill and piercing cries drew all eyes upon it, and, as it came nearer, a dark spot which circled above it resolved itself into a peregrine falcon, which hovered over its head, poising itself from time to time, and watching its chance of closing with its clumsy quarry.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)