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Webster 1913 Edition

Peregrine

Per′e-grine

(pĕr′ē̍-grĭn; 277)
,
Adj.
[L.
peregrinus
. See
Pilgrim
.]
Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.
[Spelt also
pelegrine
.]
“Peregrine and preternatural heat.”
Bacon.
Peregrine falcon
(Zool.)
,
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
.

Per′e-grine

(pĕ′ē̍-grĭn; 277)
,
Noun.
The peregrine falcon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Peregrine

PER'EGRINE

,
Adj.
[L. peregrinus.] Foreign; not native. [Little used.]
Peregrine falcon, a species of hawk, the black hawk or falcon, found in America and in Asia, and which wanders in summer to the Arctic circle.

Definition 2024

peregriné

peregriné

See also: peregrine, Peregrine, and pérégrine

Spanish

Verb

peregriné

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of peregrinar.

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