Peregrine
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Peregrine can refer to several things. Its primary use is the name of bird of prey, the Peregrine Falcon. "Peregrine" is a given (first or Christian) name which means "wanderer". Uses of Peregrine include:
Natural world
- Peregrine Falcon, a type of bird of prey
- "Peregrine" is an astrology term for a planet with no essential dignity
People
- Peregrine Alexander Nelson Hood, a British aristocrat
- Peregrine White, born on the Mayflower
- Peregrine Worsthorne, an English journalist
Music
- peregrine, An Australian rock/pop band
- Peregrine (song), a song by Donovan Leitch on his 1968 album The Hurdy Gurdy Man
- Peregrine (album), a 2006 album by the Appleseed Cast
Engineering
- Peregrine (locomotive), an LNER Peppercorn Class A1 steam locomotive
- Rolls-Royce Peregrine, an aircraft piston-engine
- "Peregrine" is an anti-UAV drone under development by DARPA
Commercial
- Peregrine Books, a former imprint of the publisher Penguin Books
- Peregrine Investments Holdings Limited, a former investments company based in Hong Kong
- Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, an American biopharmaceutical company
- Peregrine Systems, an American software company
- Peregrine Creative Services, publisher of role-playing games such as Murphy's World
Other
- Peregrine (Wild Cards), a superhero from the Wild Cards book series
- Peregrine Abyssmal, a pagan coven
- Peregrin Took, a fictional character from The Lord of the Rings
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