SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spheniscus demersus mean? 

• SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS (noun)
  The noun SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS has 1 sense:

1. small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call

  Familiarity information: SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

jackass penguin; Spheniscus demersus

Hypernyms ("Spheniscus demersus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Spheniscus demersus" is a member of...):

genus Spheniscus; Spheniscus (type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins)