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peregrine

per·e·grine [ pérrəgrin, pérrə grn ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
from faraway place: coming from another region or country ( archaic )



noun  (plural per·e·grines)
Definition:
 
birds 
Same as  peregrine falcon


[14th century. Via French< Latin peregrinus "traveling" < pereger, literally "through fields" < ager "field"]
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