English-Thai Dictionary

penguin

N นก เพนกวิน  nok-pen-kwin

 

penguin

N เพนกวิน  pen-kwin

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PENGUIN

n.[L. pinguidine, with fatness. ] 1. A genus of fowls of the order of Palmipeds. The penguin is an aquatic fowl with very short legs, with four toes, three of which are webbed; the body is clothed with short feathers, set as compactly as the scales of a fish; the wings are small like fins, and covered with short scale-like feathers, so that they are useless in flight. Penguins seldom go on shore, except in the season of breeding, when they burrow like rabbits. On land they stand erect; they are tame and may be driven like a flock of sheep. In water they swim with rapidity, being assisted by their wings. These fowls are found only in the southern latitudes.
2. A species of fruit.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PENGUIN

Pen "guin, n. Etym: [Perh. orig. the name of another bird, and fr. W.pen head + gwyn white; or perh. from a native South American name. ]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

Note: Penguins are found in the south temperate and antarctic regions. The king penguins (Aptenodytes Patachonica, and A. longirostris ) are the largest; the jackass penguins (Spheniscus ) and the rock hoppers (Catarractes ) congregate in large numbers at their breeding grounds.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: 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. [Written also pinguin. ] Arctic penguin (Zoöl.), the great auk. See Auk.

 

PENGUINERY

PENGUINERY Pen "guin *er *y, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

penguin

pen guin |ˈpeNGgwin, ˈpengwin ˈpɛŋɡwən | ▶noun a large flightless seabird of the southern hemisphere, with black upper parts and white underparts and wings developed into flippers for swimming under water. See also Adélie penguin, emperor penguin, king penguin, macaroni penguin. [Family Spheniscidae: six genera and several species. ] ORIGIN late 16th cent. (originally denoting the great auk ): of unknown origin.

 

penguin suit

pen |guin suit ▶noun informal a black dinner jacket worn with a white shirt.

 

Oxford Dictionary

penguin

pen |guin |ˈpɛŋgwɪn | ▶noun a large flightless seabird of the southern hemisphere, with black upper parts and white underparts and wings developed into flippers for swimming under water. ●Family Spheniscidae: six genera and several species. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (originally denoting the great auk ): possibly of Welsh origin, from pen gwyn ‘white head ’.

 

penguin suit

pen |guin suit ▶noun informal a black dinner jacket worn with a white shirt.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

penguin

pen guin /péŋɡwɪn /名詞 C 〘鳥 〙ペンギン .