: any of various erect short-legged flightless aquatic birds (family Spheniscidae) of the southern hemisphere
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Share [Findings] Humboldt penguins who nest in the open have more pollutant metabolites in their blood than do penguins who nest in guano-rich burrows.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Teaching kids how to protect endangered wildlife, it is inspired by animals at Merlin’s Chessington World of Adventures, including Humboldt penguins, Rothschild giraffes, Southern White rhinos and Colombian Spider monkeys.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 May 2024
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is world famous for its kelp forests, schools of glimmering fish, penguins, sea turtles and frolicking otters.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
Hang With the Penguins Called the world’s largest penguin facility, the Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the Detroit Zoo is a massive 326,000-gallon, 25-ft.-deep aquatic habitat of ice, water and fresh snow.
—Sonal Dutt, Peoplemag, 18 May 2024
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Teaching kids how to protect endangered wildlife, it is inspired by animals at Merlin’s Chessington World of Adventures, including Humboldt penguins, Rothschild giraffes, Southern White rhinos and Colombian Spider monkeys.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 May 2024
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is world famous for its kelp forests, schools of glimmering fish, penguins, sea turtles and frolicking otters.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
Hang With the Penguins Called the world’s largest penguin facility, the Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the Detroit Zoo is a massive 326,000-gallon, 25-ft.-deep aquatic habitat of ice, water and fresh snow.
—Sonal Dutt, Peoplemag, 18 May 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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