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| Översättning |
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| Substantiv |
| 1. | pingvin {en} |
Definitioner
Substantiv
- Any of several flightless sea birds, of order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere; marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage.
- (slang) A nun (because of the black and white habit).
- (juggling) A type of catch where the palm of the hand is facing towards the leg with the arm stretched downward, resembling the flipper of a penguin.
- (botany) A spiny bromeliad with egg-shaped fleshy fruit, Bromelia pinguin.
Exempel
- Here are also birds cal'd Pen-gwins (white-head in Welch) like Pigmies walking upright, their finns or wings hanging very orderly downe like sleeves [...].
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