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pen·guin AHD[pĕngʹgwĭn, pĕnʹ-] D.J.[ˈpeŋgwɪn, ˈpen-]K.K.[ˈpɛŋgwɪn, ˈpɛn-]n.（名词）- Any of various stout, flightless marine birds of the family Spheniscidae, of cool regions of the Southern Hemisphere, having flipperlike wings and webbed feet adapted for swimming and diving, and short scalelike feathers that are white in front and black on the back.企鹅：一种居于南半球寒带地区的体胖且不能飞翔的企鹅科海鸟，长有适于游泳和潜水的鳍状翼和蹼足，腹部有小的白色鳞片状羽毛，背部有黑色类似状羽毛
- Obsolete The great auk.【废语】 体型较大的北方海雀
- Possibly from Welsh pen gwyn [White Head (name of an island in Newfoundland), great auk] 可能源自 威尔士语 pen gwyn [白头岛（加拿大纽芬兰一岛名），大海雀]
- pen [chief, head] pen [头，首领]
- gwynn [white] * see weid- gwynn [白色] * 参见 weid-
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