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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A penguin (Pygoscelis papua) of Antarctic and subantarctic regions, having a white patch or band above the eye and a reddish-orange bill.

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  • noun A species of penguin, scientific name Pygoscelis papua, with a distinctive wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of its head.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps from alteration (influenced by earlier English Johnny penguin, gentoo penguin) of Spanish juanito, gentoo penguin, after Juanito, diminutive of the name Juan, John (perhaps used in Spanish to translate English Johnny penguin if the English itself is not a translation of the Spanish).]

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