penguin
part of speech
noun (a penguin, penguins)
meaning for a pupil
A black-and-white sea bird that cannot fly, swims very well using its wings as flippers, and lives mostly in the cold far south. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, penguins are birds (they have feathers and lay eggs) that are adapted to cold: thick fat, tightly packed feathers and huddling together. They live in the Southern Hemisphere — Antarctica, and also South Africa, South America, Australia and New Zealand — not at the North Pole. Emperor penguin fathers keep the egg warm on their feet. Phrases: «emperor penguin», «a colony of penguins», «waddle like a penguin».
examples
- Penguins cannot fly, but they are great swimmers. tree →
- Emperor penguins huddle together to keep warm. tree →
- The penguin waddled across the ice. tree →
- Penguins live in the south, not at the North Pole with polar bears. tree →
- Little penguins come ashore at night in Australia and New Zealand. tree →
- A penguin's black back and white front help it hide in the sea. tree →
- Penguins eat fish, squid and krill. tree →
- The father penguin keeps the egg warm on his feet. tree →
note
Countable. Trap: penguins and polar bears never meet in the wild — penguins live in the south, polar bears in the north. Penguins are birds, not mammals or fish.
In the corpora
- Emperor penguins find their partners and chicks among thousands of others by recognising their calls.
- Penguins also keep warm with a thick layer of fat and tightly packed waterproof feathers.
- The penguins in Madagascar are four, but real penguins live in big colonies, sometimes of thousands.
- Wild penguins live only in the southern half of the world; none live in Madagascar or at the North Pole.
- The Galapagos penguin lives on the equator, kept cool by cold ocean currents.
Trees and pragmatics
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