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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Featherless or wingless; specifically, characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins.
  • noun A bird, as the penguin, with short wings covered with scales.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as in the penguins.

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