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Penguin
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What it means
- noun
Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- noun
An auk (sometimes especially a great auk), a bird of the Northern Hemisphere.
- noun
A nun.
Where it comes from
The origin of penguin is unsettled. English used the word for the great auk, a northern seabird, before sailors met the birds of the southern oceans, and the name moved across. One old guess is Welsh pen gwyn, white head. Other guesses exist. The word is older than the Antarctic bird it names now.
In a sentence
- I'd never eat a penguin.by CK, Tatoeba
- There were penguin footprints in the sand.by AnneWy, Tatoeba
- The penguin was expelled from the group.by Source_VOA, Tatoeba
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