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penguin
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As a noun, penguin means 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.
Meanings of penguin
7 meaningsnoun
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.
slangA nun (association through appearance, because of the often black-and-white habit).
jugglingA 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.
A spiny bromeliad with egg-shaped fleshy fruit, Bromelia pinguin.
UKmilitaryslangA member of the air force who does not fly aircraft.
Short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippersanimal
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoletehistoricalAn auk (sometimes especially a great auk), a bird of the Northern Hemisphere.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).