penguin
Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order…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.
» Are penguins good swimmers?
Пингвины хорошо плавают?
Пінгвіни добре плавають?
Пінгвіни хороші плавці?
Чи пінгвіни хороші плавці?
Чи пінгвіни добре плавають?
Meaning
5 sensesAny 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.
Pinguin
пингви́нpingvín
пінгві́нpinhvín
(slang)A nun.
A type of catch where the palm of the hand is facing towards the leg with the arm stretched downward, resembling the flipper of a penguin.
(UK, slang)A member of the air force who does not fly aircraft.
(historical, obsolete)An auk (sometimes especially a great auk), a bird of the Northern Hemisphere.
- short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
Examples
108 sentencesAre penguins good swimmers?
Пінгвіни добре плавають?
ruПингвины хорошо плавают?
Surprisingly, there are people in Japan who keep penguins as pets.
ruКак ни удивительно, но в Японии есть люди, которые держат пингвинов в качестве домашних питомцев.
I hear that there are people in Japan who keep penguins as pets.
ruЯ слышал, в Японии есть люди, которые держат пингвинов в качестве домашних животных.
I hear that there are people in Japan that keep penguins as pets.
ruЯ слышал, что в Японии есть люди, которые держат пингвинов в качестве домашних животных.
Tom told me I walked like a penguin.
ruТом сказал мне, что я хожу как пингвин.
deTom sagte zu mir, ich würde gehen wie ein Pinguin.
Translations
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Origin
Uncertain. First attested in the 16th century in reference to the auk of the Northern hemiUncertain. First attested in the 16th century in reference to the auk of the Northern hemisphere; the word was later applied to the superficially similar birds of the Southern hemisphere (as was woggin). Possibly from Welsh pen (“head”) and gwyn (“white”), or from Latin pinguis (“fat”). See citations and the Wikipedia article.
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