Definition of Pinguinus impennis

1. Noun. Large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct.

Exact synonyms: Great Auk
Generic synonyms: Auk
Group relationships: Genus Pinguinus, Pinguinus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinguinus Impennis

Pindarisms
Pindarist
Pindarists
Pindborg
Pindborg tumour
Pine Bluff
Pine Tree State
Pineapple Express
Pinel's system
Pineus
Pineus pinifoliae
Pinewood
Ping River
Pingster
Pinguinus
Pinguinus impennis
Pinicola
Pinicola enucleator
Pinkerton
Pinkerton Syndrome
Pinkster
Pinkus tumour
Pinnipedia
Pinnish mark
Pinnotheres
Pinnotheres ostreum
Pinnotheridae
Pino
Pinocchio
Pinocchio illusion

Literary usage of Pinguinus impennis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by United States National Museum (1919)
"—Formerly inhabiting coasts and islands of the northern Atlantic Ocean south of the Arctic Circle, but extinct since 1844. (Monotypic,). pinguinus impennis ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"pinguinus impennis, Bonnaterre, Ency. Method. Orn. 1790, p. 29. Bonaparte, Consp. Gav. Comptes Rendus, 1856, p. 774. Description (from the specimen in the ..."

3. Bulletin by United States National Museum (1919)
"—Formerly inhabiting coasts and islands of the northern Atlantic Ocean south of the Arctic Circle, but extinct since 1844. (Monotypic,). pinguinus impennis ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"pinguinus impennis, Bonnaterre, Ency. Method. Orn. 1790, p. 29. Bonaparte, Consp. Gav. Comptes Rendus, 1856, p. 774. Description (from the specimen in the ..."

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