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“peregrin”
peregrine, peregrin (adjective); more peregrine, most peregrine; more peregrin, most peregrin
1. Referring to a form of life that travels; migratory: Sandhill cranes and hummingbirds are two kinds of peregrine birds.
2. In biology, foreign, non-native: Peregrine organisms are transported into an area from outside that region.
3. Etymology: Latin, to travel about; foreign; abroad; that which is found "outside the Roman territory" (the ager Romanus), "field".
2. In biology, foreign, non-native: Peregrine organisms are transported into an area from outside that region.
3. Etymology: Latin, to travel about; foreign; abroad; that which is found "outside the Roman territory" (the ager Romanus), "field".
Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin peregrinus, "wandering, pilgrim", from Latin, "foreigner", from pereger, "being abroad"; from per-, "through" + ager, "land, fields".
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