| NOUN | animal | family Spheniscidae, Spheniscidae | comprising all existing penguins |
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| Meaning | Comprising all existing penguins. | |
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| Synonym | Spheniscidae | |
| Member of | Sphenisciformes, order Sphenisciformes | penguins |
| Members | Aptenodytes, genus Aptenodytes | large penguins |
| Eudyptes, genus Eudyptes | rock hoppers | |
| Pygoscelis, genus Pygoscelis | A genus of Spheniscidae | |
| Spheniscus, genus Spheniscus | type genus of the Spheniscidae | |
| penguin | short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers | |
| Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
| Spanish | esfeníscidos | |
| Catalan | esfeníscids, Spheniscidae | |
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