Peregrine
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Peregrine(s), or (Latin) Peregrinus may refer to:
The arts
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
Peregrine (name)#Fictional characters
Biology
Peregrine falcon, a bird of prey
Peregrinus (planthopper), a genus of planthoppers in the family Delphacidae
Species
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
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
Peregrine (name), a list of people with the single or given name, or surname, Peregrine or Peregrinus
Places
Peregrinus Peak, an Antarctic peak
Mons Peregrinus, or the Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles
Transportation
LNER Class A4 60034 Lord Faringdon, a steam locomotive that was at one point named Peregrine
MC 55A Peregrine, a model of aircraft
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
Operation Peregrine, a 2003 Canadian military operation
Peregrine, a term in astrology for a planet with no essential dignity
Peregrine (horse) (1878 – c.
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