penguin
Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the 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.
Other meanings
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.
An auk (sometimes especially a great auk), a bird of the Northern Hemisphere.
Kinds of penguin
- rock hopper
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "pinguis" (fat).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “penguin” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.