Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
penguin
Etymologies
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Examples
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A flock of tiny black-and-white penguinlike birds rushed away as they came near.
The Three Furies Kaza Kingsley 2010
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The clones included a male Rosie, an infant Rosie and a fair number of women who shared with the star only a tendency to roundness and penguinlike outfits: white shirts and tailored black pantsuits.
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On this subject, this reminds me, the name ‘penguin’ originated as a name from Welsh, apparently for the now-extinct Great Auk, an amazingly penguinlike bird that existed entirely in the Northern Hemisphere, mostly in the subarctic.
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Younger women, in the penguinlike schoolgirl uniforms common all over Japan, gathered by the chrome poles.
Ugly Americans Mezrich, Ben, 1969- 2004
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Moving now with long penguinlike hops, like astronauts on the moon, Kelp made his way back to the edge of the roof, added just a teeny bit more air to his BCD, and floated off into space, actually putting his arms out to the sides like a kid playing airplane.
Drowned Hopes Westlake, Donald E. 1990
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