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pinguin
(gcide) | Penguin \Pen"guin\ (p[e^]n"gw[i^]n), n. [Perh. orig. the name of
another bird, and fr. W. pen head + gwyn white; or perh. from
a native South American name.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
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Note: Penguins are found in the south temperate and antarctic
regions. The king penguins (Aptenodytes Patachonica,
and Aptenodytes longirostris) are the largest; the
jackass penguins (Spheniscus) and the rock hoppers
(Catarractes) congregate in large numbers at their
breeding grounds.
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2. (Bot.) 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.]
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Arctic penguin (Zool.), the great auk. See Auk.
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Aglossa pinguinalis
(gcide) | Grease \Grease\ (gr[=e]s), n. [OE. grese, grece, F. graisse;
akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. LL. grassus thick, fat, gross,
L. crassus. Cf. Crass.]
1. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft
state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
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2. (Far.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the
ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing
dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration,
and fungous excrescences.
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Grease bush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below).
Grease moth (Zool.), a pyralid moth (Aglossa pinguinalis)
whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc.
Grease wood (Bot.), a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat
prickly shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) of the Spinach
family, very abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper
Missouri to California. The name is also applied to other
plants of the same family, as several species of
Atriplex and Obione.
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Bromelia Pinguin
(gcide) | Penguin \Pen"guin\ (p[e^]n"gw[i^]n), n. [Perh. orig. the name of
another bird, and fr. W. pen head + gwyn white; or perh. from
a native South American name.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
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Note: Penguins are found in the south temperate and antarctic
regions. The king penguins (Aptenodytes Patachonica,
and Aptenodytes longirostris) are the largest; the
jackass penguins (Spheniscus) and the rock hoppers
(Catarractes) congregate in large numbers at their
breeding grounds.
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2. (Bot.) 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.]
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Arctic penguin (Zool.), the great auk. See Auk.
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genus pinguinus
(wn) | genus Pinguinus
n 1: great auk [syn: Pinguinus, genus Pinguinus] |
pinguinus
(wn) | Pinguinus
n 1: great auk [syn: Pinguinus, genus Pinguinus] |
pinguinus impennis
(wn) | Pinguinus impennis
n 1: large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic
coasts; extinct [syn: great auk, Pinguinus impennis] |
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