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Peregrine
"Peregrine" in a Sentence (14 examples)
This is a precise and poetic paean to the peregrine.
Peregrine falcons are birds of prey.
Peregrine falcons hunt pigeons.
Peregrine falcons can fly very fast.
Thousands of people have kept up with the progress of three peregrine falcon chicks at the top of a tower on the University of California-Berkeley campus.
Three peregrine falcon chicks, high up in this tower, have become social media darlings.
The peregrine falcon is a very fast bird.
The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal.
Until recently, the last time anyone in Harpers Ferry heard the call of a peregrine falcon, was fifty years ago. This crow-sized raptor, whose natural range is the rugged coastal areas in North America, was nearly decimated by the pesticide DDT. Since the toxin was banned in 1972, the peregrine has made a slow but dramatic recovery.
The peregrine falcon was removed from the endangered species list a few years ago. Programs to protect the bird are active in many states in rocky coastal areas of the United States. Park Ranger Bill Hebb says their return to former nesting sites at Harpers Ferry has reestablished an important link to America's ecological past.
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The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.
peregrine and preternatural heat
As soon as she had smiled her face altered again, and the petulant expression peregrine to her features took control.
Pringle didn't say anything about Roger always being called Hodge. He sensed that Mr. Liddon wouldn't call him Hodge any more than he would call him Pringle. He was right. / "Parents well, are they, Peregrine?" - - - / Hodge capered about, his thumbs in his ears and his hand flapping. "Tweet, tweet, mad bird. His master chains him up like a dog. Tweet, tweet, birdie!" / "I'd rather be a hunting falcon than Roger the lodger the sod," said Pringle.
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