OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4383

penguin

/ˈpɛŋɡwɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pingüino
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.
Here are also birds cal'd Pen-gwins (white-head in Welch) like Pigmies walking upright, their finns or wings hanging very orderly downe like sleeves […]
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