■ noun a flightless black and white seabird of the southern hemisphere, with wings used as flippers. [Family Spheniscidae: several species.]
Origin
C16 (orig. denoting the great auk): of unknown origin.
■ noun a flightless black and white seabird of the southern hemisphere, with wings used as flippers. [Family Spheniscidae: several species.]
Origin
C16 (orig. denoting the great auk): of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004