penguin
English Thesaurus
1. short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | sphenisciform seabird, |
| definition | : | flightless cold-water seabirds: penguins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | adelie, adelie penguin, pygoscelis adeliae, |
| definition | : | medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aptenodytes patagonica, king penguin, |
| definition | : | large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aptenodytes forsteri, emperor penguin, |
| definition | : | the largest penguin; an Antarctic penguin (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | jackass penguin, spheniscus demersus, |
| definition | : | small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | crested penguin, rock hopper, |
| definition | : | small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | family spheniscidae, spheniscidae, |
| definition | : | comprising all existing penguins (noun.animal) |
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