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peregrine

[per-i-grin, -green, -grahyn] / ˈpɛr ɪ grɪn, -ˌgrin, -ˌgraɪn /




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At the Houses of Parliament, he holds a peregrine falcon chick while it is ringed for identification.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Sequoia National Park is home to the world’s largest trees and iconic birds including peregrine falcons and bald eagles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

She compares him to a peregrine falcon because “his frame rate operates at an entirely different speed to everybody else’s.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

A laser beamed into a bird box has disturbed nesting peregrine falcons.

From BBC • May 30, 2024

He ran as a peregrine falcon dives, he ran as a storm wind blows, he ran like Thialfi, and nobody has ever run like Thialfi, not before and not since.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman




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