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penguin

pen·guin [ péng gwin ] (plural pen·guins)


noun 
Definition:
 
seabird that cannot fly: an upright web-footed seabird with contrasting black and white feathers that cannot fly but uses its flipper-shaped wings for swimming. Native to: cold regions of the southern hemisphere.  Family Spheniscidae.

[Late 16th century. Origin ?]
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