English noun: penguin | |||
1. | penguin (animal) short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sphenisciform seabird | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Adelie, Adelie penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri, Aptenodytes patagonica, crested penguin, emperor penguin, jackass penguin, king penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, rock hopper, Spheniscus demersus | ||
Member meronym | family Spheniscidae, Spheniscidae | ||