PINGUINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pinguinus mean? 

• PINGUINUS (noun)
  The noun PINGUINUS has 1 sense:

1. great auk

  Familiarity information: PINGUINUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINGUINUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Great auk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pinguinus; Pinguinus

Hypernyms ("Pinguinus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Pinguinus"):

great auk; Pinguinus impennis (large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct)

Holonyms ("Pinguinus" is a member of...):

Alcidae; family Alcidae (web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.)