: any of various erect short-legged flightless aquatic birds (family Spheniscidae) of the southern hemisphere
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Oswald’s realm and his penguins and his minions and his passion.
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Jack Smart, People.com, 3 June 2025
In the front, wooden tables carry rattan cross-body bags and socks with giraffes and penguins.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
Protection for seabirds and their habitats The results suggest that penguin guano may be helping to reduce the effects of climate change on the penguins’ own habitat of Antarctica.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Warmer temperatures means less critical sea ice for penguins, sea birds, seals, and whales.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
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Jack Smart, People.com, 3 June 2025
In the front, wooden tables carry rattan cross-body bags and socks with giraffes and penguins.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
Protection for seabirds and their habitats The results suggest that penguin guano may be helping to reduce the effects of climate change on the penguins’ own habitat of Antarctica.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Warmer temperatures means less critical sea ice for penguins, sea birds, seals, and whales.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
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“Penguin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penguin. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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penguin
noun
pen·guin
ˈpen-gwən 
ˈpeŋ-
: any of various short-legged seabirds of the southern hemisphere that cannot fly and have wings functioning as flippers and used in swimming
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