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penguin Etymology Atlas

Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the 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., An auk (sometimes especially a great auk), a bird of the Northern Hemisphere. Pro
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