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Meanings of pern in English

A bird of prey of the species Pernis apivorus.

Usage of pern in English
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Poland's pipeline operator PERN said it had neutralized 30 percent of the contamination.
Reuters
2
My sixteen-year-old is as big a Pern fan now as I ever was.
Wired
3
Her ever popular Dragonriders of Pern series will become a television show sometime next year.
The Irish Times
4
Seasonality is a big thing for Neville and Pern.
The Guardian
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A coastguard official said the owner of the boat was Mr Mike Pern, of Sutton, Dublin.
The Irish Times
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Pern is something of a one-man cluster, because he now has a second inn, also in Harome.
The Guardian
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One of the area's heroes is Andrew Pern, chef-proprietor of the much-garlanded Star Inn in nearby Harome.
The Guardian
8
We used to have hardly any money passing here, but foreign ducatoons, plate pieces, perns, dollars, etc.
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 / The Drapie...
9
It was colonised, and named Pern.
What does a martian look like?
10
Pern also owns the village shop, so Harome has in a small way something of the character of Padstein in Cornwall.
The Guardian
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"Toto, I don't think we're on Pern anymore."
The dog said bow-wow
12
The very first thought I had when the wonderful dragons in James Cameron's Avatar appeared on-screen was that Cameron must do a Pern movie.
Wired