n. any flightless sea bird of the family Spheniscidae of the southern hemisphere, with black upper-parts and white under-parts, and wings developed into scaly flippers for swimming underwater.
[ 16th c., orig. = great auk: orig. unkn. ]
PENGUIN
Meaning of PENGUIN in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012