» penguin
Words people most associate with “penguin”:
- ice,
- antarctica,
- emperor,
- tuxedo,
- bird
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Noun (1 meaning)
1. short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers.
penguin is a type of:
- sphenisciform seabird (noun) - flightless cold-water seabirds: penguins
types of penguin:
- Adelie, Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae (noun) - medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica
- emperor penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri (noun) - the largest penguin
- jackass penguin, Spheniscus demersus (noun) - small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call
- king penguin, Aptenodytes patagonica (noun) - large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle
- rock hopper, crested penguin (noun) - small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand
penguin is a member of:
- Spheniscidae, family Spheniscidae (noun) - comprising all existing penguins