penguin: Meaning and Definition of

pen•guin

Pronunciation: (peng'gwin, pen'-), [key]
— n. Ornith.
  1. any of several flightless, aquatic birds of the family Spheniscidae, of the Southern Hemisphere, having webbed feet and wings reduced to flippers.
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