penguin
nounAny of various stout, flightless aquatic birds of the family Spheniscidae, of the Southern Hemisphere, having flipperlike wings and webbed feet adapted for swimming and diving, short scalelike feathers, and white underparts with a dark back.
nounThe great auk.
nounThe wild pineapple, Bromelia Pinguin.
nounThe great auk, Alca impennis; the original sense.
nounAny species of the family Spheniscidæ or Aptenodytidæ. (See
Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under
The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (
the great auk. See
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A type of catch where the palm of the hand is facing towards the leg with the arm stretched downward, resembling the flipper of a penguin.
