penguin (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *penguin*:
NOUN	animal	penguin	short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers

penguin > pronunciation
Sounds	peh'nggwahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *penguin*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers.
Member of	Spheniscidae, family Spheniscidae	Comprising all existing penguins
Narrower	Adelie, Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae	medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica
	emperor penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri	The largest penguin
	jackass penguin, Spheniscus demersus	small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call
	king penguin, Aptenodytes patagonica	large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle
	rock hopper, crested penguin	small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand
Broader	sphenisciform seabird	flightless cold-water seabirds
Spanish	pájaro bobo, pingüino, spheniscidae
Catalan	pingüí

HyperDic: penguin