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Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass.
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Sea-fowl of southern hemisphere with wings developed into scaly flippers with which it swims under water. Most penguins answer to the name 'Pembroke'.
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(also PENGE, PENGY) Angie DuPree, who usually manifests in aquatic-bird form.
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short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
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a bird, but it doesn't fly -- it has flippers instead of wings for obtaining its food
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a bird who thinks he is fish
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a flightless bird, a truck is a heavy road vehicle, and a marriage in our society is defined as the union between a man and a woman
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a flightless bird that swims in the arctic
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a water bird that can't fly
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A member of the Womens Royal Air Force. Nickname, because they cannot fly.
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Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere.
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