PENGUIN


Meaning of PENGUIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpen-gwən, ˈpeŋ- ]

noun

Etymology: obsolete English penguin great auk, perhaps from Welsh pen gwyn white head (applied to the bird in winter plumage)

Date: 1588

: any of various erect short-legged flightless aquatic birds (family Spheniscidae) of the southern hemisphere

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