penguin
any of several flightless, aquatic birds of the family Spheniscidae, of the Southern Hemisphere, having webbed feet and wings reduced to flippers.
Obsolete. great auk.
Origin of penguin
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How to use penguin in a sentence
Take a volunteer vacation to help rear baby penguins hatched from abandoned eggs that have been brought to the center.
A case in point would be the Gentoo penguins and Chinstrap penguins.
The Greening of Antarctica - Issue 90: Something Green | Marissa Grunes | October 7, 2020 | NautilusThe Gentoo penguins will be doing great, and the Adèlies will largely be gone.
The Greening of Antarctica - Issue 90: Something Green | Marissa Grunes | October 7, 2020 | NautilusZitterbart’s team recently discovered which conditions cause penguins to huddle, and they are investigating the possibility that the penguins’ mathematical behavior may reveal secrets about colony health over time.
“Instead of weighing each individual penguin, it’s as if we’re weighing 25,000 penguins at the same time,” he said.
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Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTPublished by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, a division of penguin Random House, LLC.
This species of penguin was showered with positive coverage throughout the 20th century by a supposedly vigilant press.
Lovable ‘Madagascar’ Penguins Are Known to Rape and Torture in Real Life | Asawin Suebsaeng | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe adjudication of the Daily Beast office was clear and emphatic: penguin, penguin, penguin.
How Monty The Penguin Won Christmas: Britain’s Epic, Emotional Commercials | Tim Teeman | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe boy feels rejected and confused, and then hits on a Christmas morning solution, delivering a penguin mate for his penguin.
How Monty The Penguin Won Christmas: Britain’s Epic, Emotional Commercials | Tim Teeman | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the northern faces of the ridges, fronting the ice-foot, large, yellowish patches mark the sites of penguin rookeries.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe first penguin came waddling up the ice-foot against a seventy-mile wind late on the afternoon of October 12.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonOn the 21st an Emperor penguin landed on the harbour ice, and, early in November, two more were captured.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonAn Adelie penguin, skiing on its breast from the north, surprised us suddenly by a loud croak at the rear of the sledge.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonA bay opened to the east of penguin Point, from which the coast trended to the south-east.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for penguin
/ (ˈpɛŋɡwɪn) /
any flightless marine bird, such as Aptenodytes patagonica (king penguin) and Pygoscelis adeliae (Adélie penguin), of the order Sphenisciformes of cool southern, esp Antarctic, regions: they have wings modified as flippers, webbed feet, and feathers lacking barbs: See also emperor penguin, king penguin
an obsolete name for great auk
Origin of penguin
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