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peregrine

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外国的;异国风格的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

Peregrine \Per"e*grine\, n.
   The peregrine falcon.

资料来源 : WordNet®

peregrine
     n : a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry [syn:
         {peregrine falcon}, {Falco peregrinus}]

peregrine
     adj : (of groups of people) tending to travel and change
           settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society";
           "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the
           profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy
           future"; "wandering tribes" [syn: {mobile}, {nomadic},
           {roving}, {wandering}]
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