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JACKASS PENGUIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jackass penguin mean?
• JACKASS PENGUIN (noun)
The noun JACKASS PENGUIN has 1 sense:
1. small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call
Familiarity information: JACKASS PENGUIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
jackass penguin; Spheniscus demersus
Hypernyms ("jackass penguin" is a kind of...):
penguin (short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers)
Holonyms ("jackass penguin" is a member of...):
genus Spheniscus; Spheniscus (type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins)
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