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


The arts

* '' Passing of Peregrinus'', a 2nd-century satire by Lucian * "The Peregrin", a story in '' The Psychotechnic League'' series * "Peregrine", a song by Donovan on the 1968 album '' The Hurdy Gurdy Man'' * ''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 *
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

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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'', the red and black spider * '' Pinus peregrinus'', 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

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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, an American futures brokerage firm * Peregrine Holdings Limited, a company traded on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange * Peregrine Investments Holdings, a Hong Kong investment company * Peregrine Semiconductor, an American fabless semiconductor company * Peregrine Systems, a software company


People

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


Places

* Peregrinus Peak, an Antarctic peak * Mons Peregrinus, or the Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles


Transportation

* LNER Class A4 60034 ''Lord Faringdon'', a steam locomotive that was at one point named ''Peregrine'' * , a British ship * Peregrine Mission One, 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, a 2003 Canadian military operation * ''Peregrine'', a term in astrology for a planet with no essential dignity * Peregrine (horse) (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 * Peregrine Mission One, 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


See also

* Pellegrino (disambiguation) * The Peregrine Fund, a bird conservation organization *'' The Peregrine Way'', 2010 album by metal band Viathyn * El Peregrino, a settlement in General Pinto Partido, Argentina *
Pilgrim The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often vocalize it as ...
, derived from the Latin ''peregrinus'' * * * St Peregrine's GAA, a Gaelic athletic club {{disambig, given name, ship, geo