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Definition of Falco peregrinus
1. Noun. A widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry.
Generic synonyms: Falcon
Group relationships: Falco, Genus Falco
Specialized synonyms: Falcon-gentil, Falcon-gentle
Derivative terms: Peregrine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falco Peregrinus
Literary usage of Falco peregrinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Falco peregrinus TUNSTALL. RANGE.— Greater part of Northern Hemisphere, south in
winter to ... Falco peregrinus peregrinus TUNSTALL. Peregrine Falcon. [356. ..."
2. Falconry: Its Claims, History, and Practice by Gage Earle Freeman, Francis Henry Salvin (1859)
"Falco peregrinus is the only name given by modern science to this bird, which
seems at last to have escaped from a whole string of synonymes with which ..."
3. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"Falco peregrinus, Linn. PLATES XV. and XV». Falco peregrinus, Lath. Ind. Ornith.
1. 33. 72 Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 272 Faucon Pelerin, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. ..."