penguin
265
1.0
- noun
- /ˈpɛŋɡwɪn/
:
pingüino
- In Antarctica, we watched a colony of penguins waddling along the icy shore.
- Patagonian penguins
- gentoo penguins
- Galapagos penguins
There's an entire flock of Penguins sprinting towards us right now.
- There's an entire flock of Penguins sprinting towards us right now.
- So two of your Gentoo Penguins and four of your Penguins are gay.
- He was a Humboldt Penguin, chubby, but he's amazing.
- Did you know that Penguins propose, like, for marriage?
- So just because like you can teach a Penguin to swim, you can't teach it to fly, right?
- They've got a little Penguin who's on a snowboard.
- There's no rummaging seals, Penguins, you name it.
- Oh God, it's got to be those freaking Penguins going on like various activities.
- Like the only Penguins I've seen are on, like, happy feet.
Examples
-
Immersion in a colony of hundreds of thousands of penguins is a profound experience.
Academic text (2008) -
There are 25 organizations dedicated to penguin rehabilitation from southern Brazil to northern Argentina.
Academic text (2008) -
Do you ever see any penguins running free around New York city?
-
Climate warming is likely to shift prey species, reduce productivity, and make penguin life more difficult.
Academic text (2008) -
In addition, in January 2007, five penguins were killed on the road by tourist traffic.
Academic text (2008) -
There are 16 to 19 species of penguins, depending on the tools used in classification.
Academic text (2008) -
Furthermore, the status of penguin populations reflects the state of the oceans they inhabit.
Academic text (2008) -
Oceanic productivity and the locations where penguins find their prey vary from year to year.
Academic text (2008) -
There's an entire flock of Penguins sprinting towards us right now.
-
He was a Humboldt Penguin, chubby, but he's amazing.
Synonyms
1
3.2
A very large penguin from Antarctica that is the largest of all penguins
1
3.0
A large penguin with bright orange head patches that lives on islands near Antarctica
1
8.3
A small penguin with a yellow crest that jumps on rocks
1
7.8
A small penguin from southern Africa and South America with a loud braying call like a donkey
A flightless sea bird that swims well and lives in cold southern oceans
A group of flightless water birds like penguins that live mainly in the Southern Hemisphere
A group of penguin species that are alive today
A family of birds that includes all penguins
A group of large penguins that includes the emperor and king penguins
A very large penguin that lives and breeds on the ice in Antarctica
A large penguin with bright yellow and orange markings that lives on islands near Antarctica
A group of penguins that includes Adélie, chinstrap, and gentoo penguins
A medium-sized penguin with a white stripe across the top of its head and a bright orange beak
A medium-sized penguin with a white eye ring that lives in Antarctica
A medium-sized penguin that lives in Antarctica and forms large colonies on ice
A small penguin with bright yellow feathers above its eyes that lives on islands near Antarctica
A group of crested penguins with yellow eyebrow crests
A black-and-white penguin that lives on the coasts of southern Africa and makes a braying call like a donkey
Compounds
1
3.0
A large penguin with bright orange head patches that lives on islands near Antarctica
- South African
1
7.8
A small penguin from southern Africa and South America with a loud braying call like a donkey
- New Zealand
A small penguin with bright yellow feathers above its eyes that lives on islands near Antarctica
How Aquatic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Penguin may come from a sailor word, with one idea linking it to Welsh pen gwyn meaning 'white head' and another linking it to Portuguese pinguim meaning 'fat'. Sailors first used the name for a different big northern bird and later for the black-and-white seabird, which is why penguin now means that short, heavy sea bird that cannot fly.