: any of various erect short-legged flightless aquatic birds (family Spheniscidae) of the southern hemisphere
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The team initially weighed the penguin at about 50 pounds, only around half of the weight of a healthy male.
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Peter Guo, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
But Blake is also the aquarium’s largest fully grown penguin, and his genetics can partially explain Pesto’s gargantuan size.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
His biological father, Blake, is the aquarium’s biggest adult and oldest penguin.
—Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Though leopard seals are widespread and abundant, overfishing, retreating sea ice and warming waters mean that krill and penguins, their main food sources, are both in decline.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Peter Guo, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
But Blake is also the aquarium’s largest fully grown penguin, and his genetics can partially explain Pesto’s gargantuan size.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
His biological father, Blake, is the aquarium’s biggest adult and oldest penguin.
—Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Though leopard seals are widespread and abundant, overfishing, retreating sea ice and warming waters mean that krill and penguins, their main food sources, are both in decline.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Penguin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penguin. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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penguin
noun
pen·guin
ˈpen-gwən 
ˈpeŋ-
: any of various short-legged seabirds of the southern hemisphere that cannot fly and have wings functioning as flippers and used in swimming
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