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Noun: penguin  pen-gwin
  1. Short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
    "Emperor penguins can dive to depths of over 500 meters in search of food"

Derived forms: penguins

Type of: sphenisciform seabird

Part of: family Spheniscidae, Spheniscidae

Encyclopedia: Penguin, Our Hero