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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pen•guin /ˈpɛŋgwɪn, ˈpɛn-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa flightless water-dwelling bird of the Southern Hemisphere, having webbed feet and flipperlike wings.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pen•guin (peng′gwin, pen′-),USA pronunciation n. [Ornith.]- Birdsany of several flightless, aquatic birds of the family Spheniscidae, of the Southern Hemisphere, having webbed feet and wings reduced to flippers.
- Birds[Obs.]See great auk.
- Welsh pen gwyn literally, white head (referring to the great auk in its winter plumage); later misapplied to the Spheniscidae
- 1570–80; origin, originally uncertain; perh.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: penguin /ˈpɛŋɡwɪn/ n - 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
Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps from Welsh pen gwyn, from pen head + gwyn white |