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# peregrine

«peregrine» in Mova's school dictionary: **a bird of prey that dives at amazing speed to catch other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a peregrine, peregrines); adjective (peregrine, formal, old = wandering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A peregrine, or peregrine falcon, is a bird of prey that dives at amazing speed to catch other birds in the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peregrine/#m1)

2) (formal, old) Peregrine means travelling or wandering from place to place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peregrine/#m2)

3) Peregrine is also a boy's name (a name). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peregrine/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons the peregrine falcon is called the fastest animal on Earth: in a dive (a stoop) it can go over 300 km per hour. It is found almost all over the world and nests on cliffs, and also on tall buildings and cathedrals in cities. It nearly died out because of pesticides like DDT, and recovered after they were banned — a conservation success story. Phrases: «peregrine falcon», «in a dive», «bird of prey».

### examples

- A peregrine falcon nests on top of the city cathedral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peregrine/#x1)
- The peregrine dived out of the sky and caught a pigeon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peregrine/#x2)
- Peregrines are the fastest animals on Earth when they dive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peregrine/#x3)
- We watched the peregrine chicks on a webcam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peregrine/#x4)
- The word «peregrine» comes from Latin for «a traveller from abroad». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peregrine/#x5)
- Peregrines nearly died out, but now they are back in many cities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peregrine/#x6)
- A female peregrine is bigger than the male. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peregrine/#x7)

### note

Plural «peregrines». Often just «peregrine» for the falcon. Trap: the cheetah is the fastest land animal, but the peregrine is the fastest when diving; in level flight other birds can be faster. The related word «pilgrim» comes from the same Latin root.

### In the corpora

- [In a steep dive a peregrine falcon can go over 300 kilometres an hour, the fastest of any animal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peregrine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peregrine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.