Definition of Spheniscus. Meaning of Spheniscus. Synonyms of Spheniscus

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Definition of Spheniscus

Spheniscus
Penguin Pen"guin, n. [Perh. orig. the name of another bird, and fr. W. pen head + gwyn white; or perh. from a native South American name.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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. Note: Penguins are found in the south temperate and antarctic regions. The king penguins (Aptenodytes Patachonica, and A. longirostris) are the largest; the jackass penguins (Spheniscus) and the rock hoppers (Catarractes) congregate in large numbers at their breeding grounds. 2. (Bot.) 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. [Written also pinguin.] Arctic penguin (Zo["o]l.), the great auk. See Auk.

Meaning of Spheniscus from wikipedia

- Look up Spheniscus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The banded penguins are penguins that belong to the genus Spheniscus. There are four living species...
- The Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Patagonia, including Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland...
- related to: Spheniscus mendiculus (category) Wikispecies has information related to Spheniscus mendiculus. galapagos-penguin/spheniscus-mendiculus Galápagos...
- penguins in the genus Spheniscus that was introduced in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson. The genus name Spheniscus is from Ancient Gr****...
- of Spheniscidae was given by Charles Lucien Bonaparte from the genus Spheniscus, the name of that genus comes from the Gr**** word σφήν sphēn "wedge" used...
- The Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) is a medium-sized penguin. It resides in South America, along the Pacific coast of Peru and Chile. Its nearest...
- species of Spheniscus suggest that the available postcranial bones of S. muizoni morphologically correspond best with those of Spheniscus urbinai from...
- January 30, 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-22. BirdLife International (2020). "Spheniscus mendiculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22697825A182729677...
- Spheniscus anglicus is an extinct species of banded penguin that lived during the Late Miocene in what is now Chile, South America. The species was described...
- wedge-toed gecko (Gehyra spheniscus) is a species of gecko endemic to Western Australia. Doughty, P.; Oliver, P. (2017). "Gehyra spheniscus". IUCN Red List of...