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- adjective Attributive form of
peregrine falcon , noun.
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One of the keepers of Wolmer Forest sent me a peregrine-falcon, which he shot on the verge of that district as it was devouring a wood-pigeon.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756
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