Traveling from place to place; wandering or moving around, especially used to describe foreign or exotic things.
From Latin 'peregrinus' (foreign, traveling), derived from 'per-' (through) and 'ager' (field). Originally meant someone traveling through foreign lands.
The peregrine falcon is one of the world's fastest animals—it 'peregrines' across continents—and the word itself captures the bird's nature perfectly: it was hunted nearly to extinction but made an incredible comeback once people realized how remarkable its global migration patterns were.
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