单词 | penguin |
释义 | penguin /peng"gwin, pen"-/, n. Ornith. 1. any of several flightless, aquatic birds of the family Spheniscidae, of the Southern Hemisphere, having webbed feet and wings reduced to flippers. 2. Obs. See great auk. [1570-80; orig. uncert.; perh. < Welsh pen gwyn lit., white head (referring to the great auk in its winter plumage); later misapplied to the Spheniscidae] |
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