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Penguin

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Noun

1. penguin

short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Penguin

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noun
1. 
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
2.  an obsolete name for great auk

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Penguin

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noun
1.  Obsolete
great auk
2. 
any of an order (Sphenisciformes) of flightless birds found in the Southern Hemisphere, having webbed feet and paddlelike flippers for swimming and diving

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Penguin

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n.
1. Any 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.
2. Obsolete The great auk.

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