falco peregrinus

1. 1.

   a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

   Synonymsperegrineperegrine falcon

   Broaderfalcon

   Narrowerfalcon-gentle

   Part ofFalco

Questions about falco peregrinus

What does falco peregrinus mean?

falco peregrinus means "a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry".

What is another word for falco peregrinus?

Close synonyms include peregrine, peregrine falcon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is falco peregrinus a common word?

falco peregrinus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.