| slovo | definícia |
peregrine
(encz) | peregrine,stěhovavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Peregrine
(gcide) | Peregrine \Per"e*grine\ (p[e^]"[-e]*gr[i^]n; 277), n.
The peregrine falcon.
[1913 Webster] |
Peregrine
(gcide) | Peregrine \Per"e*grine\ (p[e^]r"[-e]*gr[i^]n; 277), a. [L.
peregrinus. See Pilgrim.]
Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.
[Spelt also pelegrine.] "Peregrine and preternatural heat."
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Peregrine falcon (Zool.), a courageous and swift falcon
(Falco peregrinus), remarkable for its wide distribution
over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish
ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks,
white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called
also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and
great-footed hawk.
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peregrine
(wn) | peregrine
adj 1: migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic
habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a
peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering
tribes" [syn: mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving,
wandering]
n 1: a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry [syn:
peregrine, peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus] |
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peregrine falcon
(encz) | peregrine falcon,sokol stěhovavý [zoo.] lat. Falco peregrinus Petr
Prášek |
Peregrine
(gcide) | Peregrine \Per"e*grine\ (p[e^]"[-e]*gr[i^]n; 277), n.
The peregrine falcon.
[1913 Webster]Peregrine \Per"e*grine\ (p[e^]r"[-e]*gr[i^]n; 277), a. [L.
peregrinus. See Pilgrim.]
Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.
[Spelt also pelegrine.] "Peregrine and preternatural heat."
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Peregrine falcon (Zool.), a courageous and swift falcon
(Falco peregrinus), remarkable for its wide distribution
over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish
ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks,
white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called
also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and
great-footed hawk.
[1913 Webster] |
Peregrine falcon
(gcide) | Peregrine \Per"e*grine\ (p[e^]r"[-e]*gr[i^]n; 277), a. [L.
peregrinus. See Pilgrim.]
Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.
[Spelt also pelegrine.] "Peregrine and preternatural heat."
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Peregrine falcon (Zool.), a courageous and swift falcon
(Falco peregrinus), remarkable for its wide distribution
over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish
ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks,
white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called
also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and
great-footed hawk.
[1913 Webster] |
peregrine hawk
(gcide) | Peregrine \Per"e*grine\ (p[e^]r"[-e]*gr[i^]n; 277), a. [L.
peregrinus. See Pilgrim.]
Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.
[Spelt also pelegrine.] "Peregrine and preternatural heat."
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Peregrine falcon (Zool.), a courageous and swift falcon
(Falco peregrinus), remarkable for its wide distribution
over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish
ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks,
white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called
also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and
great-footed hawk.
[1913 Webster] |
peregrine falcon
(wn) | peregrine falcon
n 1: a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry [syn:
peregrine, peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus] |
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