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Definition of penguin in English: penguinnoun ˈpɛŋɡwɪnˈpɛŋɡwɪn A large flightless seabird of the southern hemisphere, with black upper parts and white underparts and wings developed into flippers for swimming under water. 企鹅 Family Spheniscidae: six genera and several species Example sentencesExamples - Urban foxes were unwelcome visitors during the year and were responsible for killing a penguin and some geese.
- It apparently shows him swimming with whales and sliding with penguins.
- The mating game we were witnessing in the penguin colony was gentle and benign by comparison.
- A viewing camera allows me to see the penguins not just marching, but swimming under water.
- The biggest fight we observed was between a male fur seal and a male penguin.
- Some penguins waddle along shorelines and ice, whereas others hop from rock to rock.
- In more recent decades, the penguins have been harmed by increased oil pollution.
- It's obvious that global warming has an impact on the reproduction of the penguins.
- Just as we surfaced, two penguins torpedoed by, leaping out of the water and bouncing, like so many skipping stones.
- This zoo was the first in the world to exhibit penguins and it now has Europe's largest penguin pool.
- The island is only a quarter of a square mile in size, but it is teeming with penguins and other sea birds.
- The emperor penguin is the largest penguin species and also one of the few found in Antarctica.
- Green sea turtles rest on the shore and penguins are waddling off for a swim.
- I hear the great whites like seals, or anything that resembles a penguin or walrus.
- Harnessed up and ready to dive, the fat penguin looks as though it has its own mini scuba tank.
- You can drive in five minutes from the centre of town to the viewing place for the blue penguins, or allow more time and walk there.
- They swam right up to the glass of the tank and flapped their little penguin wings.
- The waters belong to the fish and whales, the squirrels and fox, the llama and elephant, the penguin and robin.
- The lure of eight species of penguins and more than 50 other seabird species is enormous.
- I don't think that cold water necessarily is always associated with penguins.
OriginLate 16th century (originally denoting the great auk): possibly of Welsh origin, from pen gwyn 'white head'. Penguin is a rare example of a word that is probably from Welsh, in this case from pen gwyn ‘white head’. It is even rarer for a Welsh word to become internationally adopted for the name of a thing. Sailors and fishermen first gave the name penguin to the great auk of the seas around Newfoundland, which the penguin resembled closely, both birds being large, flightless waterfowl with black and white plumage adapted to life in freezing waters. British sailors may have mistaken penguins for great auks, or simply applied a term they knew to a previously unseen bird. Penguins have fared rather better than great auks: penguins are popular and much studied, whereas great auks were hunted to extinction, the last killed on an islet off Iceland in 1844.
Definition of penguin in US English: penguinnounˈpeNGɡwinˈpɛŋɡwɪn A large flightless seabird of the southern hemisphere, with black upper parts and white underparts and wings developed into flippers for swimming under water. 企鹅 Family Spheniscidae: six genera and several species See also Adélie penguin, emperor penguin, king penguin, macaroni penguin Example sentencesExamples - The biggest fight we observed was between a male fur seal and a male penguin.
- I don't think that cold water necessarily is always associated with penguins.
- Green sea turtles rest on the shore and penguins are waddling off for a swim.
- They swam right up to the glass of the tank and flapped their little penguin wings.
- The mating game we were witnessing in the penguin colony was gentle and benign by comparison.
- The waters belong to the fish and whales, the squirrels and fox, the llama and elephant, the penguin and robin.
- The lure of eight species of penguins and more than 50 other seabird species is enormous.
- The emperor penguin is the largest penguin species and also one of the few found in Antarctica.
- Just as we surfaced, two penguins torpedoed by, leaping out of the water and bouncing, like so many skipping stones.
- You can drive in five minutes from the centre of town to the viewing place for the blue penguins, or allow more time and walk there.
- Harnessed up and ready to dive, the fat penguin looks as though it has its own mini scuba tank.
- It's obvious that global warming has an impact on the reproduction of the penguins.
- I hear the great whites like seals, or anything that resembles a penguin or walrus.
- It apparently shows him swimming with whales and sliding with penguins.
- This zoo was the first in the world to exhibit penguins and it now has Europe's largest penguin pool.
- Urban foxes were unwelcome visitors during the year and were responsible for killing a penguin and some geese.
- The island is only a quarter of a square mile in size, but it is teeming with penguins and other sea birds.
- A viewing camera allows me to see the penguins not just marching, but swimming under water.
- In more recent decades, the penguins have been harmed by increased oil pollution.
- Some penguins waddle along shorelines and ice, whereas others hop from rock to rock.
OriginLate 16th century (originally denoting the great auk): possibly of Welsh origin, from pen gwyn ‘white head’. |