[
US
/ˈpɛɹəˌɡɹin/
]
[ UK /pˈɛɹəɡɹˌɪn/ ]
[ UK /pˈɛɹəɡɹˌɪn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
migratory
wandering tribes
believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
a restless mobile society
the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
NOUN
- a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
How To Use peregrine In A Sentence
- Flight patterns resemble Peregrine and Hobby.
- With the coming spring warming the earth, peregrine falcons are now starting to lay their eggs on remote cliff tops around Scotland.
- a cold steel, Laredo bowie, a flint knapping kit with a large novaculite biface and a trained peregrine falcon If you were dropped out of a helicopter in the center of Alaska and could only bring three items besides clothing what would the
- In spring, peregrines often nest near The Main Area or Red Slab and these buttresses should be avoided at this time.
- We hire a peregrine falcon to keep them off our pitch. The Sun
- Since 2011, the spire of the cathedral has been a nesting site for peregrine falcons and there was much excitement last month as four chicks were hatched. Times, Sunday Times
- If you're lucky, you can sight one of the smaller numbers of red-shoulder hawks, red-tail hawks and the elusive, endangered Peregrine Falcon.
- They don't use pesticides, so there are peregrine falcons. Times, Sunday Times
- Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey.
- Above Peregrine's head a chromolithograph gazed from its frame at Tarrant, a Rembrandt self-portrait. The Boat of a Million Years