English words for 'African penguin.'
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noun
- An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).
- Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
- Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
- (entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
- (tarot) The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
- (political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
- A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
- the male ruler of an empire
- large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
- large richly colored butterfly
- red table grape of California
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- A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.
- Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes.
- An American passerine bird of the genera Dumetella and Melanoptila.
- North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
- any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
noun
- fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
- a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
- (ornithology) A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.
- (golf) The hypothetical completion of a hole five strokes under par (a quintuple birdie, quadruple eagle, triple albatross, or double condor).
- The most widespread species of the genus, known as the common ostrich (Struthio camelus).
- (figuratively) One who buries their head in the sand instead of acknowledging problems.
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- (Africa) A speckled pigeon or African rock pigeon (Columba guinea).
- (Australia) A white-quilled rock pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis).
- (Australia) A chestnut-quilled rock pigeon (Petrophassa rufipennis).
- A rock dove (Columba livia).
- pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended
noun
- A green-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis), of Africa.
- (informal) An Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum), a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae.
- (US, military, slang) A Green Beret.
- A scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), of Australia.
- (informal) An unripe fruit.
- (slang) A blob of nasal mucus; a bogey.
- (Australian politics, informal, by extension) A member of the Australian Greens.
- A white-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata), of Australia.
- (surfing, slang) Diminutive of greenback.
- (US, slang) A beginner, a novice; a greenhorn.
- (US, Wyoming, derogatory, slang) A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate.
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.
- (US, slang) Amphetamines used in baseball.
- (informal) The yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- (golf) The player whose ball is closest to the hole on a par-3 hole after the first shot (drive), in the case when multiple players reach the green on that first shot and the player with the closest ball sinks the ball within the next two shots.
- A western silvereye (Zosterops lateralis chloronotus), of Western Australia.
- (informal) A small, green object.
noun
- An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).
- Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
- Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
- (entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
- (tarot) The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
- (political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
- A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
- the male ruler of an empire
- large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
- large richly colored butterfly
- red table grape of California
noun
noun
noun
- A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.
- Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes.
- An American passerine bird of the genera Dumetella and Melanoptila.
- North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
- any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
noun
- fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
- a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
- (ornithology) A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.
- (golf) The hypothetical completion of a hole five strokes under par (a quintuple birdie, quadruple eagle, triple albatross, or double condor).
- The most widespread species of the genus, known as the common ostrich (Struthio camelus).
- (figuratively) One who buries their head in the sand instead of acknowledging problems.
noun
noun
- (Africa) A speckled pigeon or African rock pigeon (Columba guinea).
- (Australia) A white-quilled rock pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis).
- (Australia) A chestnut-quilled rock pigeon (Petrophassa rufipennis).
- A rock dove (Columba livia).
- pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended
noun
- A green-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis), of Africa.
- (informal) An Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum), a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae.
- (US, military, slang) A Green Beret.
- A scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), of Australia.
- (informal) An unripe fruit.
- (slang) A blob of nasal mucus; a bogey.
- (Australian politics, informal, by extension) A member of the Australian Greens.
- A white-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata), of Australia.
- (surfing, slang) Diminutive of greenback.
- (US, slang) A beginner, a novice; a greenhorn.
- (US, Wyoming, derogatory, slang) A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate.
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.
- (US, slang) Amphetamines used in baseball.
- (informal) The yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- (golf) The player whose ball is closest to the hole on a par-3 hole after the first shot (drive), in the case when multiple players reach the green on that first shot and the player with the closest ball sinks the ball within the next two shots.
- A western silvereye (Zosterops lateralis chloronotus), of Western Australia.
- (informal) A small, green object.
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