: any of various erect short-legged flightless aquatic birds (family Spheniscidae) of the southern hemisphere
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Naturalists have long known that some birds—such as pigeons, penguins and flamingos—produce their own form of milk for their offspring.
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2024
Tom Hanks narrating a bunch of penguins getting pummeled by surf before narrowly escaping death by sea lion played in that room.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2024
Tom Hanks narrating a bunch of penguins getting pummeled by surf before narrowly escaping death by sea lion played in that room.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
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penguin
noun
pen·guin
ˈpen-gwən 
ˈpeŋ-
: any of various short-legged seabirds of the southern hemisphere that cannot fly and have wings functioning as flippers and used in swimming
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