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pelegrine

pelegrine


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pelegrine  \Pel"e*grine\,  a. 
  See  {Peregrine}.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peregrine  \Per"e*grine\,  a.  [L.  peregrinus  See  {Pilgrim}.] 
  Foreign;  not  native;  extrinsic  or  from  without  exotic. 
  [Spelt  also  {pelegrine}.]  ``Peregrine  and  preternatural 
  heat.''  --Bacon. 
 
  {Peregrine  falcon}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  courageous  and  swift  falcon 
  ({Falco  peregrinus}),  remarkable  for  its  wide  distribution 
  over  all  the  continents.  The  adult  plumage  is  dark  bluish 
  ash  on  the  back  nearly  black  on  the  head  and  cheeks, 
  white  beneath,  barred  with  black  below  the  throat.  Called 
  also  {peregrine  hawk},  {duck  hawk},  {game  hawk},  and 
  {great-footed  hawk}.