Penguin vs. Puffin

Penguinnoun

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.

Penguinnoun

(slang) A nun (association through appearance, because of the black and white habit).

Penguinnoun

(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.

Penguinnoun

A spiny bromeliad with egg-shaped fleshy fruit, Bromelia pinguin.

Penguinnoun

Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass.

Penguinnoun

The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges.

Penguinnoun

short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers

Penguin

Penguins (order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, with only one species, the Galápagos penguin, found north of the Equator.

Puffinnoun

The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.

Puffinnoun

The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or, by extension, any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-colored beak.

Puffinnoun

An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; - called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot.

Puffinnoun

The puffball.

Puffinnoun

A sort of apple.

Puffinnoun

any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills

Puffin

Puffins are any of three species of small alcids (auks) in the bird genus Fratercula. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water.