peregrine
Wandering or falcon
Peregrine means wandering or migratory, from a Latin root meaning foreign or traveling abroad.
The word is rare and literary, appearing mostly in historical or poetic contexts: peregrine monks wandering medieval Europe.
Its most common encounter is in peregrine falcon, a bird of prey famous for its global range and spectacular hunting dives. (Capitalized Peregrine is a given name.)
Hunting bird with talons
- hawkTaloned predatory bird
- kestrelSmall falcon, aerial hoverer
- merlinSmall northern falcon
- gyrfalconLargest falcon, Arctic native
osprey · harrier · buzzard · eagle · accipiter · talons · beak · feathers
Small entry porch
- diveHeadfirst water entry
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- swiftMoving with speed
- rapidMoving with haste
aerodynamic · acceleration · terminal · freefall · plummet · fastest · streamlined · powerful
raptor
Hunting bird with talons
gyrfalcon · osprey · harrier · buzzard · eagle · accipiter · talons · beak · feathers · ornithology
stoop
Small entry porch
rapid · aerodynamic · acceleration · terminal · freefall · plummet · fastest · streamlined · powerful · agile
stoop
Small entry porch
swoop · strike · ambush · pursuit · capture · quarry · pigeon · kill · attack · aerial
traveler
One who journeys
itinerant · sojourner · voyager · nomadic · foreign · abroad · exile · roving · transient · migrant
flyway
Established bird migration path
- passageSegment of text
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- overwinterSurvive the cold season
breeding · dispersal · stopover · route · northward · southward · coastal · cliff · urban · territory
peregrinestationary
Not in motion
sedentary · settled · immobile · motionless · static
peregrinenative
Originating from a place
indigenous · endemic · autochthonous · local · domestic
- peregrine falconsSwift, diving hunting birds
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