Complete Definition of "penguin"

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English
Image:Adelie Penguin.jpg|An Adelie Penguin|thumb

Pronunciation
enPR|p�ng'gwĭn, p�n'gwĭn
audio|en-us-penguin.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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  1. Any of several flightless sea birds, of order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere; marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage.
  2. slang a nun

Derived terms
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Adelie penguin
African penguin
Chatham Island penguin
chinstrap penguin
crested penguin
emperor penguin
erect-crested penguin
fairy penguin
Fiordland penguin
Galapagos penguin
gentoo penguin
Humboldt penguin
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jackass penguin
king penguin
little penguin
macaroni penguin
Magellanic penguin
Ridgen's penguin
rockhopper penguin
royal penguin
Snares penguin
white-flippered penguin
yellow-eyed penguin
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Translations
trans-top|flightless sea bird
Afrikaans: pikkewyn
Basque: pinguino
Bosnian: pingvin#Bosnian|pingvin m
Bulgarian: пингвин#Bulgarian|пингвин m
Catalan: pingüí
Chinese: ��, �� (q�'é)
Croatian: pingvin#Croatian|pingvin m
Czech: tu��ák, m
Danish: pingvin
Dutch: pinguïn m
Esperanto: pingveno
Finnish: pingviini
French: manchot m
German: Pinguin m
Greek: �ινγκο�ίνο�
Hungarian: pingvin#Hungarian|pingvin
Icelandic: mörgæs f
Italian: pinguino m
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Japanese: ���� (pen'gin)
Korean: �� (p'eng-gwin)
Lithuanian: pingvinas m
Low Saxon: Pinguien m
Macedonian: пингвин#Macedonian|пингвин m
Maltese: pengwin m
Norwegian: pingvin#Norwegian|pingvin m
Polish: pingwin m
Portuguese: pinguim / pingüim m
Romanian: pinguin m, pinguini m|p
Russian: пингвин#Russian|пингвин m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пингвин#Serbian|пингвин m
:Latin: pingvin#Serbian|pingvin m
Slovene: pingvin#Slovene|pingvin m
Spanish: pingüino m
Swedish: pingvin
Turkish: penguen
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Category:Penguins|*
Category:Birds

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