penguins
- 1Plural of penguin.
Thousands of penguins gather along the Antarctic coast each breeding season.
The colony's penguins huddle together for warmth during winter storms.
Note
A regular plural, so it carries every meaning the singular has, not only the Antarctic birds. In older writing, penguins could be great auks of the Northern Hemisphere. In slang the word covers nuns, and in British slang it covers air force members who never fly. It also names spiny bromeliads, Bromelia pinguin. Context, not the ending, tells you which flock is meant.
penguins is a form of penguin
penguin, noun: A flightless sea bird of the Southern Hemisphere, marked by an upright stance, short legs for walking, and usually stark black and white plumage. Full entry
- Forms
- penguinpenguins plural
- Spelling
- penguin → penguins: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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