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Definition of penguin : 1. Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass.
2. The egg- shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant ( Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny- toothed leaves, and is used for hedges.

Synonyms:

goose, road runner, snipe, crested jay, stork, peregrine, yellowbird, pelican, bluebill, crane, barn owl, condor, turkey, lark, sandpiper, blackbird, partridge, egret, swallow, crow, ibis, duck, bird, mallard, heron, nuthatch, tern, parakeet, grouse, swift, robin, owl, vulture, loon, hummingbird, parrot, wren, thrush, bittern, pheasant, mourning dove, harrier, dove, horned owl, kingfisher, canary, sea gull, woodpecker, gull, peacock, mockingbird, osprey, tit, cormorant, eagle, cuckoo, weaver, ostrich, grosbeak, cockatoo, jackdaw, cardinal, dodo, chickadee, goldfinch, sheldrake, oriole, plover, coot, teal, raven, falcon, hawk, grackle, nightingale, redwing, booby, waxwing, squab, rook, Canada goose, blue jay, myna, starling, bluebird, ringtail, lovebird, swan, puffin, curlew, bald eagle, macaw, emu, cassowary, quetzal, turtledove, flamingo, magpie, pigeon, sparrow, finch, jay, buzzard, bullfinch, spoonbill, songbird, albatross, redbird

Usage examples:

• " We start out ostensibly to gather material for an article on Can This Penguin Marriage Be Saved. - "Long Ago, Far Away", William Fitzgerald Jenkins AKA Murray Leinster.
• These people were none other than Bill Barnacle, the sailor, and his friend, Sam Sawnoff, the penguin bold. - "The Magic Pudding", Norman Lindsay.
• The birds which breed upon the Farallones are gulls, murres, shags, and sea- parrots, the last a kind of penguin. - "Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands", Charles Nordhoff.