spheniscann.
/sfɪˈnɪskən/ Ornithology.
A penguin of the genus Spheniscus; a jackass penguin.
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the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > member of genus Spheniscus (jackass)
jackass penguin1825
sphenisque1826
spheniscan1840
Galapagos penguin1913
African penguin1931
ringed penguin1996
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 255 The Spheniscans..have a straight and compressed beak.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 255 The Cape Spheniscan..chiefly inhabits the neighbourhood of the Cape, where it nestles among the rocks.
Derivatives
spheˈnisque n. rare
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the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > member of genus Spheniscus (jackass)
jackass penguin1825
sphenisque1826
spheniscan1840
Galapagos penguin1913
African penguin1931
ringed penguin1996
1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. 64 Cape Sphenisque.
1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. 65 Magellanic Sphenisque.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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