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peregrine falcon

peregrine falcon

 
pronunciation:
pe r grihn fael kn [or] pe r grin fael kn [or] pe r grihn fawl kn [or] pe r grin fawl kn
part of speech: noun
definition: a very swift falcon whose survival was seriously endangered by the pesticide DDT in the 195s and 1960s.