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Definition of Penguins
1. penguin [n] - See also: penguin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penguins
Literary usage of Penguins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"As a family the penguins represent, in the southern seas, ... The penguins are
regarded by naturalists as constituting one of the three great classes of ..."
2. Notes by a Naturalist: An Account of Observations Made During the Voyage of by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1892)
"Change of Habits of penguins. Nightingale Island. Vast Penguin Rookery. Seal Caves.
... Migrations of penguins and Seals. Insects, etc., of the Group. ..."
3. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"penguins and Young. penguins began to lay ; there weie two colonies of them, the
larger of which contained millions of the birds ; the the less important, ..."
4. Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope by Jan van Riebeeck (1900)
"You must do your utmost to get the casks full of penguins and fish and speedily
return with the contents. Dated in the fort, 6th April, 1654. No. 37. ..."
5. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1908)
"MA penguins were seen by the companions of Vasco da Gama in the Angra dc Sao Bras,
... It was one of the names applied to penguins as well as auks. ..."
6. The coral island by Robert Michael Ballantyne (1884)
"You see," said Peterkin, " it might be all very well for a stupid fellow like me
to remain here and leave the penguins alone, but it would be quite ..."
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