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  • noun Plural form of penguin.

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Examples

  • On the longer tour, the boat goes all the way to Isla Martillo (or "penguin island"), but you have to look at the penguins from the boat.

    Beyond the Underground: 2010

  • On the longer tour, the boat goes all the way to Isla Martillo (or "penguin island"), but you have to look at the penguins from the boat.

    Beyond the Underground: 2010

  • The children were very interested in penguins and the family issue never came up!!!

    "Mad Bitches Against Gay People" Roger Sutton 2007

  • A Christmas short animation on the four penguins from the computer animated movie Madagascar.

    Colony Of 60,000 Pairs Of King Penguins 2006

  • Kids movies should have messages, and saving baby penguins is high up there on the list of "stuff I, personally, find to be a worthy cause."

    Yargh. Quick catch-up. graphxgrrl 2006

  • The movie documents the 70-mile march of thousands of Antarctic penguins from the sea to an icy breeding place barren of nutrition.

    mjh's blog — 2005 — August 2005

  • The word penguins struck a cord in my soul, and put an immediate end to my seasickness sufferance.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • Conveniently, the film’s best scene, about insanity among penguins, is available on YouTube.

    Matthew Yglesias » Encounters at the End of the World 2009

  • Added to the challenge of catching the penguins was the fact that the oil covering their bodies made it very difficult to hold them firmly against the slick foul weather gear we wore called oilskins in South Africa.

    The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

  • Washing the penguins was a complex and time-consuming process that required patience, a great deal of specialized training, and courage those beaks were dangerous!

    The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

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