Meanings
nounperegrine falcon (plural peregrine falcons)
plural peregrine falcons
- A medium-sized, very swift falcon, of species Falco peregrinus, that hunts small birds.
Synonyms: duck hawk, peregrine, peregrine hawk
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA medium-sized, very swift falcon, of species Falco peregrinus, that hunts small birds.
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Translations
Afrikaans swerfvalk
- swerfvalkFalco peregrinus
Arabic شَاهِين
- شَاهِين (šāhīn)Falco peregrinus
Basque belatz handi
- belatz handiFalco peregrinus
Bulgarian со́кол ски́тник
- со́кол ски́тник (sókol skítnik)Falco peregrinus
Catalan falcó pelegrí
- falcó pelegríFalco peregrinus
Chinese Mandarin 游隼
- 游隼 (yóusǔn)Falco peregrinus
Czech sokol stěhovavý
- sokol stěhovavýFalco peregrinus
Danish vandrefalk
- vandrefalkFalco peregrinus
Dutch slechtvalk
- slechtvalkFalco peregrinus
Esperanto migra falko, pilgrima falko
- migra falkoFalco peregrinus
- pilgrima falkoFalco peregrinus
Estonian rabapistrik
- rabapistrikFalco peregrinus
Finnish muuttohaukka, jalohaukka
- muuttohaukkaFalco peregrinus
- jalohaukkaFalco peregrinus
French faucon pèlerin
- faucon pèlerinFalco peregrinus
German Wanderfalke
- WanderfalkeFalco peregrinus
Greek πετρίτης
- πετρίτης (petrítis)Falco peregrinus
Hindi शाहीन
- शाहीन (śāhīn)Falco peregrinus
Hungarian vándorsólyom
- vándorsólyomFalco peregrinus
Icelandic förufálki
- förufálkiFalco peregrinus
Irish fabhcún gorm, seabhac gorm
- fabhcún gormFalco peregrinus
- seabhac gormFalco peregrinus
- seabhac seilgeFalco peregrinus
Italian falco pellegrino
- falco pellegrinoFalco peregrinus
Japanese 隼, ハヤブサ
- 隼 (hayabusa)Falco peregrinus
- ハヤブサ (hayabusa)Falco peregrinus
Korean 매, 송골매
- 매 (mae)Falco peregrinus
- 송골매 (songgolmae)Falco peregrinus
Latvian lielais piekūns
- lielais piekūnsFalco peregrinus
Lithuanian sakalas keleivis
- sakalas keleivisFalco peregrinus
Norwegian Bokmål vandrefalk
- vandrefalkFalco peregrinus
Persian شاهین
- شاهین (šâhin)Falco peregrinus
Polish sokół wędrowny
- sokół wędrownyFalco peregrinus
Portuguese falcão peregrino
- falcão peregrinoFalco peregrinus
Punjabi ਬਹਿਰੀ
- ਬਹਿਰੀ (bahirī)Falco peregrinus
Romanian șoim călător
- șoim călătorFalco peregrinus
Russian сапса́н, настоя́щий со́кол
- сапса́н (sapsán)Falco peregrinus
- настоя́щий со́кол (nastojáščij sókol)Falco peregrinus
Scottish Gaelic seabhag-ghorm
- seabhag-ghormFalco peregrinus
Slovak sokol sťahovavý
- sokol sťahovavýFalco peregrinus
Spanish halcón peregrino, neblí
- halcón peregrinoFalco peregrinus
- neblíFalco peregrinus
Swedish pilgrimsfalk
- pilgrimsfalkFalco peregrinus
Turkish doğan, gökdoğan
- doğanFalco peregrinus
- gökdoğanFalco peregrinus
- balabanFalco peregrinus
Ukrainian сапса́н, со́кіл
- сапса́н (sapsán)Falco peregrinus
- со́кіл (sókil)Falco peregrinus
Urdu شاہین
- شاہین (śāhīn)Falco peregrinus
Welsh hebog tramor
- hebog tramorFalco peregrinus
Cite this entry
APA
peregrine falcon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peregrine%20falcon
MLA
“peregrine falcon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peregrine%20falcon. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peregrine falcon,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peregrine%20falcon.
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