PEREGRINE FALCON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peregrine falcon mean? 

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

1. a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEREGRINE FALCON (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 falcon" 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"):

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

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

Falco; genus Falco (a genus of Falconidae)

 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)