Peregrine
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Peregrine(s), or (Latin) Peregrinus may refer to:
The arts
[edit]- 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, a British vocal ensemble
- Tonus peregrinus, reciting tone in Gregorian chant
Fictional characters
[edit]Biology
[edit]- Peregrine falcon, a bird of prey
- Peregrinus (planthopper), a genus of planthoppers in the family Delphacidae
Species
[edit]- Erigeron peregrinus, 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
Companies
[edit]- Peregrine Corporation, 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
[edit]- Peregrine (name), a list of people with the single or given name, or surname, Peregrine or Peregrinus
Places
[edit]- Peregrinus Peak, an Antarctic peak
- Mons Peregrinus, or the Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles
Transportation
[edit]- LNER Class A4 60034 Lord Faringdon, a steam locomotive that was at one point named Peregrine
- MV Peregrine, a British ship
- Peregrine Mission One, a lunar lander designed by Astrobotic Technology
- Rolls-Royce Peregrine, an aero engine
- USS Peregrine (AM-373), a U.S. Navy ship
Other uses
[edit]- 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), a designation for a non-citizen subject of the Roman empire
See also
[edit]- 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, derived from the Latin peregrinus
- All pages with titles beginning with Peregrin
- All pages with titles containing Peregrin
- St Peregrine's GAA, a Gaelic athletic club