penguin

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English - Turkish
penguen

Kuzey Kutbu'nda penguen yok. - At the North Pole, there are no penguins.

Penguen gruptan atıldı. - The penguin was expelled from the group.

karabat
{i} eğitim uçağı
i., zool. penguen

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penguin suit
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emperor penguin
(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) imparator penguen
crested penguin
ibikli penguen
king penguin
kral penguen
English - English
A villainous character in the Batman comic books and films
A particular publisher of paperback books
the Tux penguin, the mascot of Linux
A nun
Any of several flightless sea birds, of 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
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
{n} a class of birds with short wings, a plant
the Penguin (Fiction) A character in the Batman comic books and films
They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert
See King penguin, under Jackass
short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills
A penguin is a type of large black and white sea bird found mainly in the Antarctic. Penguins cannot fly but use their short wings for swimming. Any of 17 species (order Sphenisciformes) of flightless seabirds that breed mainly on islands in subantarctic waters and on cool coasts of Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and South America. A few species inhabit temperate regions, and the Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) lives in the equatorial tropics off South America. Species differ mainly in size and head pattern; all have a dark back and a white belly. The smallest species, the little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor), is about 14 in. (35 cm) tall; the largest, the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), is almost 4 ft (120 cm) tall. At sea for weeks at a time, flocks feed on fish, squid, and crustaceans
{i} black and white aquatic bird that cannot fly
The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny- toothed leaves, and is used for hedges
Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri

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penguin suit
A tuxedo
penguin suits
plural form of penguin suit
Adelie penguin
A species of penguin, scientific name Pygoscelis adeliae, with distinctive white rings surrounding the eyes
Adélie penguin
Alternative spelling of Adelie penguin
African penguin
A species of penguin, scientific name Spheniscus demersus, which live on the south-west coast of Africa
Chatham Islands penguin
An extinct species of penguins, scientific name Eudyptes sp, which lived on the Chatham Islands
Fiordland penguin
A species of crested penguin, scientific name Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, with distinctive blue-grey upperparts, which breed on the Fiordland coast and on nearby islands
Galapagos penguin
Alternative spelling of Galápagos penguin
Galápagos penguin
A penguin which lives on the Galápagos Islands
Humboldt penguin
A species of penguin, scientific name Spheniscus humboldti, which live in coastal Peru and Chile
Magellanic penguin
A species of penguin, scientific name Spheniscus magellanicus, found in coastal South America
Ridgen's penguin
An extinct species of penguin, scientific name Aptenodytes ridgeni from in New Zealand during the Pliocene epoch
Snares penguin
A species of crested penguin, scientific name Eudyptes robustus, which breed on The Snares, an island group off South Island
Waitaha penguin
Megadyptes waitaha, an extinct species of New Zealand penguin
banded penguin
a penguin of the Spheniscus genus
brush-tailed penguin
a penguin of the Pygoscelis genus
chinstrap penguin
A species of penguin, scientific name Pygoscelis antarcticus, with a distinctive black strip under their heads
crested penguin
A small penguin from New Zealand and the Falkland islands
crested penguin
A group of penguins in the genus Eudyptes, which all have in common a crest atop their heads
emperor penguin
the largest of the penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri, inhabits Antarctica
erect-crested penguin
A medium-sized species of penguin, scientific name Eudyptes sclateri from New Zealand
fairy penguin
little penguin
gentoo penguin
A species of penguin, scientific name Pygoscelis papua, with a distinctive wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of its head
jackass penguin
African penguin
king penguin
a large penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus, that lives on the coast of Antarctica and nearby islands
little penguin
The smallest species of penguin, scientific name Eudyptula minor, found in New Zealand, southern Australia, and the Chatham Islands
macaroni penguin
A species of penguin, scientific name Eudyptes chrysolophus, with distinctive yellow and black plumes on the top of their heads
rockhopper penguin
A rockhopper penguin is any one of three closely related crested penguins
royal penguin
A species of white-faced penguin, scientific name Eudyptes schlegeli, which breed on Macquarie Island, in the south-west Pacific
white-flippered penguin
A small species of penguin, scientific name Eudyptula albosignata albosignata, with distinctive white marks on the flippers, which breed on South Island
yellow-eyed penguin
A small species of penguin, scientific name Megadyptes antipodes, with a distinctive yellow band around its eyes. native to New Zealand
Adélie penguin
A common Antarctic penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) that has white underparts and a black back and head and lives and breeds in large exposed rookeries
Gentoo penguin
{i} penguin native to the Antarctic that has a unique white patch above each eye and is the fastest underwater swimming penguin
emperor penguin
A large penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) of Antarctic regions, having yellow-orange patches on the neck
emperor penguin
the largest penguin; an Antarctic penguin
jackass penguin
small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call
king penguin
large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle
king penguin
A large penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) of Antarctic regions, having an orange oval on the side of the face and a yellow patch at the base of the throat
penguins
plural of penguin
penguins
sphenisciformes
penguin

    Hyphenation

    pen·guin

    Turkish pronunciation

    penggwın

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpeɴɢgwən/ /ˈpɛŋɡwən/

    Etymology

    () Unknown originT.F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, ISBN 978-0-19-283098-2; headword penguin. Possibly from Welsh pen ("head") and gwyn ("white"). See citations.
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