Penguin

Definitions

1. A town in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.
2. Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the 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.
3. An auk (sometimes especially a great auk), a bird of the Northern Hemisphere.
   historical, obsolete
4. A nun.
   slang
5. A type of catch where the palm of the hand is facing towards the leg with the arm stretched downward, resembling the flipper of a penguin.
6. A spiny bromeliad with egg-shaped fleshy fruit, Bromelia pinguin.
7. A member of the air force who does not fly aircraft.
   UK, slang

Equivalents

52 more languages

Afrikaanspikkewyn

العربيةالبطريقبطريق

Azərbaycan dilipinqvin

Беларускаяпінгвін

Българскипингвин

Bosanskipingvinпингвин

Catalàpingüí

Češtinatučňák

Cymraegpengwinpengwiniaid

Danskpingvin

Ελληνικάπιγκουίνος

Esperantopingveno

Eestipingviin

فارسیپنگوئن

Suomipingviini

Galegopingüin

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻimanuhelekūpenekuina

עבריתפינגוין

हिन्दीपेंगुइन

Hrvatskipingvinпингвин

Magyarpingvin

Հայերենանթևուկպինգվին

Bahasa Indonesiaangsa gempalpinguin

Íslenskamörgæs

Italianopinguino

日本語ペンギン人鳥企鵝

ქართულიპინგვინი

Қазақ тіліпингвин

ភាសាខ្មែរភេនឃ្វីន

한국어펭귄펭긴새

Latinaaptenodytes

Lietuviųpingvinas

Македонскипингвин

Bahasa Melayupenguin

Maltipengwin

မြန်မာပင်ဂွင်

Nederlandspinguïnvetgans

Polskibezlotekpingwinpingwini

Portuguêspinguim

Românăpinguin

Русскийпингвин

Slovenčinatučniak

Slovenščinapingvin

Српскиpingvinпингвин

Svenskapingvin

Kiswahilingwinipengwini

தமிழ்பனிக்கோழி

ไทยเพนกวิน

Tagalogpingguwino

Türkçepenguen

Українськапінгвін

Tiếng Việtchim cánh cụt

Examples

“Here are also birds cal'd Pen-gwins (white-head in Welch) like⟳ Pigmies walking upright, their finns or wings hanging very orderly downe like⟳ sleeves […]”

“This last⟳ species of penguin, or auk, seems to be the same with the alca cirrhata of Dr. Pallis, Spicileg. Zool. Fasc. v. p. 7. tab. i. & v. fig. 1–3. F.”

“More than a hundred years ago, for example, was seen the last⟳ of the great wingless penguins or auks, which early writers quaintly called " wobble-birds."”

“Jake (John Belushi): What are we doing here? Elwood (Dan Aykroyd): You promised you'd visit⟳ the penguin the day you got out. Jake: Yeah. So, I lied to her. Elwood:You can't lie⟳ to a nun. We gotta go in and visit⟳ the penguin.”

“These productive patches, and the houses, were each surrounded by a fence, made of a prickly shrub, called the Pinguin, which propagates itself with great rapidity.”

“Although it is a permanent R.A.F. station (pre-war, that is), we meander about, even in the Mess, in battle dress and flying boots, sweaters, etc., much to the disgust of some of the more dignified 'penguins' […]”

“Notwithstanding his elevated status as the wing’s Senior Intelligence Officer, Monty, too, was a “penguin,” equal in that respect⟳ to an armament assistant, airframe mechanic, pigeon loftsman or any of the seventy-odd ground trades listed by the Royal Canadian Air Force⟳ at the war’s end⟳.”

“She may have⟳ been a “penguin”—an Air Force⟳ service member who didn't fly⟳—but it sure beat⟳ being at home, as Brady had pointed out.”

“This was to be my home for three months where ground officer cadets, referred to colloquially as ‘penguins’ were trained.”

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