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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 meronymfamily Spheniscidae, Spheniscidae









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