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
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
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
A species of crested penguin, scientific name Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, with distinctive blue-grey upperparts, which breed on the Fiordland coast and on nearby islands
A small species of penguin, scientific name Eudyptula albosignata albosignata, with distinctive white marks on the flippers, which breed on South Island
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
() 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.