 peregrine |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently | |
| Synonyms: | mobile wandering roving nomadic | |
| Examples: | "a restless mobile society" "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins" "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future" "wandering tribes" |
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| Related terms: | unsettled | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (zoology) a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry | |
| Synonyms: | Falco_peregrinus peregrine_falcon | |
| Related terms: | falcon falcon-gentle Falco | |
| Similar spelling: |
peregrinate |
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