Peregrine(s), or (Latin) ''Peregrinus'' may refer to:

The arts

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Passing of Peregrinus ''The Passing of Peregrinus'' or ''The Death of Peregrinus'' (; ) is a satire by the Syrian Greek writer Lucian in which the lead character, the Cynic philosopher Peregrinus Proteus, takes advantage of the generosity of Christians and lives a dis ...

'', a 2nd-century satire by Lucian * "The Peregrin", a story in ''

The Psychotechnic League The Psychotechnic League is a future history created by American science fiction writer Poul Anderson. The name "Psychotechnic League" was invented by Sandra Miesel during the early 1980s, to capitalize on Anderson's better-known Polesotechnic Le ...

'' series * "Peregrine", a song by Donovan on the 1968 album ''

The Hurdy Gurdy Man ''The Hurdy Gurdy Man'' is the sixth studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in North America in October 1968 on Epic Records, but not in the UK due to a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented '' Sunshine ...

'' * ''The Peregrine'', 1967 book by J. A. Baker on peregrine falcons * ''Peregrine'' (album), 2006 album by the Appleseed Cast * Peregrine (band), Australian indie rock band * "Peregrines", a 2004 short story by

Suzy McKee Charnas Suzy McKee Charnas (October 22, 1939 – January 2, 2023) was an American novelist and short story writer, writing primarily in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. She won several awards for her fiction, including the Hugo Award, the Ne ...

Tonus Peregrinus Tonus Peregrinus is a British vocal ensemble specialising in early music and contemporary sacred music, especially that of founder and director, Antony Pitts. Established in 1990, the ensemble have recorded numerous CDs for Naxos, their first wi ...

, a British vocal ensemble * ''Tonus peregrinus'',

reciting tone In chant, a reciting tone (also called a recitation tone) can refer to either a repeated musical pitch or to the entire melodic formula for which that pitch is a structural note. In Gregorian chant, the first is also called tenor, dominant or tu ...

in Gregorian chant

Fictional characters

* Peregrine (name)#Fictional characters

Biology

Peregrine falcon The peregrine falcon (''Falco peregrinus''), also known simply as the peregrine, is a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family (biology), family Falconidae renowned for its speed. A large, Corvus (genus), cro ...

, a bird of prey * ''Peregrinus'' (planthopper), a genus of planthoppers in the family Delphacidae

Species

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Erigeron peregrinus ''Erigeron peregrinus'' is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name wandering fleabane. ''Erigeron peregrinus'' is native to northwestern North America from Alaska to Oregon. Some populations ...

'', a flowering plant of the daisy family * ''

Nicodamus peregrinus ''Nicodamus peregrinus'', known as the red and black spider, is a spider found in eastern and southern Australia. Unlike the redback spider (''Latrodectus hasseltii''), the bright red colouration does not appear to warn of significant danger to h ...

'', the red and black spider * ''

Pinus peregrinus ''Pinus peregrinus'' is an extinct species of pine in the family Pinaceae known from Clarkforkian age Paleocene fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a pas ...

'', an extinct species of pine * '' Platycorynus peregrinus'', a species of beetle * ''Pseudocheirus peregrinus'', the

common ringtail possum The common ringtail possum (''Pseudocheirus peregrinus'', Greek for "false hand" and Latin for "pilgrim" or "alien") is an Australian marsupial. It lives in a variety of habitats and eats a variety of leaves of both native and introduced plants ...

Companies

Peregrine Corporation The Peregrine Corporation is an Australian privately-owned company headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia. It formed and until April 2023 operated the OTR (convenience store), On the Run brand of Filling station, service stations and conveni ...

, an Australian company *

Peregrine Financial Group Peregrine Financial Group Inc., commonly known as PFGBest, was an Iowa-based financial firm that operated for over 20 years. It was shut down in July 2012 after it was put under investigation for a $200 million shortfall in customer funds. Peregri ...

, an American futures brokerage firm * Peregrine Holdings Limited, a company traded on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange *

Peregrine Investments Holdings Peregrine (including Peregrine Investments Holdings Limited and Peregrine Infrastructure Investments Limited) was an investment company based in Hong Kong. It was liquidated following the downturn of the Indonesian economy during the Asian financ ...

, a Hong Kong investment company *

Peregrine Semiconductor pSemi (formerly Peregrine Semiconductor), is a San Diego–based manufacturer of high-performance RF (radio frequency) CMOS integrated circuits. A Murata Manufacturing company since December 2014, the company's products are used in aerospace and ...

, an American fabless semiconductor company *

Peregrine Systems Peregrine Systems, Inc. was an enterprise software company, founded in 1981, that sold enterprise asset management, change management, and ITIL-based IT service management software. Following an accounting scandal and bankruptcy in 2003, Peregrin ...

, a software company

People

* Peregrine (name), a list of people with the single or given name, or surname, Peregrine or Peregrinus

Places

Peregrinus Peak Peregrinus Peak () is a peak (1,915 m) along the north side of Airy Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Timosthenes, in central Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) Nove ...

, an Antarctic peak * Mons Peregrinus, or the

Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles The Citadel of Tripoli ( ) is a 12th-century fortress in Tripoli, Lebanon. It was built at the top of a hill "during the initial Frankish siege of the city between 1102 and 1109" on the orders of Raymond de Saint-Gilles, who baptized it the Cas ...

Transportation

* LNER Class A4 60034 ''Lord Faringdon'', a steam locomotive that was at one point named ''Peregrine'' * , a British ship *

Peregrine Mission One ''Peregrine'' Lunar Lander flight 01, commonly referred to as Peregrine Mission One, was a failed American lunar lander mission. The lander, dubbed ''Peregrine'', was built by Astrobotic Technology and carried payloads for the NASA Commercial Lu ...

, a lunar lander designed by Astrobotic Technology *

Rolls-Royce Peregrine The Rolls-Royce Peregrine was a , liquid-cooled V-12 aero engine designed and built by the British manufacturer Rolls-Royce in the late 1930s. It was essentially the ultimate development of the company's Kestrel engine, which had seen wides ...

, an aero engine * USS ''Peregrine'' (AM-373), a U.S. Navy ship

Other uses

Operation Peregrine Operation PEREGRINE was a domestic Canadian military operation that took place between August 3 and September 16, 2003. In early August 2003, British Columbia was overwhelmed by over 800 separate forest fires. Provincial fire services were stretche ...

, a 2003 Canadian military operation * ''Peregrine'', a term in astrology for a planet with no

essential dignity Essential dignity, in the context of an astrological horoscope or natal chart, refers to the relative “strength” or “weakness” of a planet based on its zodiac sign and specific degree. This strength or weakness is referred to as the plane ...

Peregrine (horse) Peregrine (1878 – after 1898) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. His racing career was extremely brief, consisting of two races in the space of 28 days in 1881. On 4 May he was an emphatic winner of the 2000 Guineas defeating t ...

(1878 – c. 1898), British racehorse, winner of the 2000 Guineas in 1881 * ''Peregrine'' (journal), full title: ''Peregrine: American Immigration in the 21st Century'', an online journal on immigration to the United States *

, an unsuccessful American lunar lander mission *

Peregrinus (Roman) In the early Roman Empire, from 30 BC to AD 212, a ''peregrinus'' () was a free provincial subject of the Empire who was not a Roman citizen. ''Peregrini'' constituted the vast majority of the Empire's inhabitants in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD ...

, a designation for a non-citizen subject of the Roman empire