Word.ws English Dictionary

perlin

perlin noun: a cross breed of a peregrine falcon and a merlin.

Noun

perlin (plural perlins)

  1. A cross breed of a peregrine falcon and a merlin.

Proper noun capitalized: Perlin

Perlin

  1. A municipality and small village in the south of Nordwestmecklenburg district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Forms of perlin

pluralperlins

Origin of perlin

Blend of peregrine + merlin.

Phrases with perlin

Questions about perlin

What does perlin mean?
Perlin means a cross breed of a peregrine falcon and a merlin.
What part of speech is perlin?
Perlin can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of perlin?
The plural of perlin is perlins.

Words near perlin in the dictionary

  1. perlialite
  2. perlid
  3. perlids
  4. perlieu
  5. perlieus
  6. perlin
  7. Perlin noise
  8. perlins
  9. Perlis
  10. Perlish
  11. perlite

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: perlin (page history and authors); Perlin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “perlin.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/perlin. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.