Term Gallery logo

Meanings of penguins in English

Russian
пингвиновые
Portuguese
pinguim
Catalan
pingüí
Spanish
pingüino
Wikidata

Family of birds.

        Related terms
        пингвиновые
        Usage of penguins in English
        1
        Witness the release of rehabilitated African penguins back into the open sea.
        The South African
        2
        Shall we get off the penguins and back to us? I said.
        The Last Ship
        3
        It removes the penalty of sin; now the penguins have not sinned.
        Penguin Island
        4
        By studying the movement of Adélie penguins, scientists hope… Read more Audio
        Radio NZ
        5
        The seals were mostly crab-eaters, and emperor penguins were the general rule.
        South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
        6
        All the birds had flown away, save only the great, grotesque penguins.
        The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
        7
        He lived with his family as the penguins lived in their rookeries.
        An Antarctic Mystery
        8
        You will certainly see icebergs, penguins, seals and albatrosses, and possibly whales.
        The Guardian
        9
        She's very friendly and is often visiting other penguins in their burrows.
        Radio NZ
        10
        And he has an abnormal number of stuffed penguins on his mantle.
        Wired
        11
        Amelia Langford talks penguins with The Panel, in particular a Penguin Parade.
        Radio NZ
        12
        The penguins left us to our meals with a simultaneous dismissive sniff.
        Hex and the city
        13
        It could bring about more visits from whales and dolphins and penguins.
        Radio NZ
        14
        They talked about the penguins and the seals on the islands offshore.
        The marks of cain
        15
        Nothing there but a couple of cold magicians and some magic penguins.
        The red pyramid
        16
        Meander along the harbour watching the penguins and seals do their thing.
        News.com.au
        About this term
        More collocations
        Translations for penguins
        Catalan
        pingüí
        Penguins through the time
        Penguins across language varieties
        New Zealand
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common
        United States of America
        Rare