(亦作peregrine falcon)
1- a powerful falcon found on most continents, breeding chiefly on mountains and coastal cliffs and much used for falconry游隼。
- ORIGIN: translating the modern Latin taxonomic name, literally 'pilgrim falcon', because the bird was caught full-grown as a passage hawk, not taken from the nest.
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- Falco peregrinus, family Falconidae.拉丁名Falco peregrinus, 隼科。
- archaic coming from another country; foreign or outlandish〈古〉异国的, 外来的; 异国风味的, 怪异的：
peregrine species of grass.
来自国外的草种。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin peregrinus 'foreign', from peregre 'abroad', from per- 'through' + ager 'field'.