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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 per·e·grine /ˈpɛrəgrən, ˌgrin/
 (a.)外國的;異國風格的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Per·e·grine a.  Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. [Spelt also pelegrine.] Peregrine and preternatural heat.”
 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Per·e·grine n. The peregrine falcon.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 peregrine
      adj : (of groups of people) tending to travel and change
            settlements frequently; "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,
            roving, wandering]
      n : a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry [syn:
          peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus]