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Any of several flightless sea birds, of 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.
* 1638 , (Thomas Herbert), Some Yeares Travels , I:
(slang) A nun (because of the black and white habit).
(juggling) A type of catch where the palm of the hand is facing towards the leg with the arm stretched downward, resembling the flipper of a penguin.
(botany) A spiny bromeliad with egg-shaped fleshy fruit, .
Any of three species of genus Equus'': ''E. grevyi]]'', '''', or ''[[Equus zebra, E. zebra , all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
(sports, slang) A referee.
(medicine, slang) An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "When you hear hoof beats, think of horses, not zebras.")
(vulgar, pejorative, slang) A bi-racial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.
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As a noun penguin
is any of several flightless sea birds, of 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.As a verb zebra is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- Here are also birds cal'd Pen-gwins'' (white-head in ''Welch ) like Pigmies walking upright, their finns or wings hanging very orderly downe like sleeves [...].