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peregrine falcon

per·e·grine fal·con (plural per·e·grine fal·cons)


noun 
Definition:
 
large falcon: a large falcon with a blue-gray back and whitish underparts that often catches other birds in flight. Family Falconidae.

[Because formerly captured for hawking while migrating, rather than taken from their nests]
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