- genus Pygoscelis
- nouna genus of Spheniscidae• Syn: ↑Pygoscelis• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Spheniscidae, ↑family Spheniscidae• Member Meronyms: ↑Adelie, ↑Adelie penguin, ↑Pygoscelis adeliae
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genus Pygoscelis
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Pygoscelis — Taxobox name = Brush tailed penguins image width = 240px image caption = Pygoscelis antarctica regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Aves ordo = Sphenisciformes familia = Spheniscidae genus = Pygoscelis genus… … Wikipedia
Pygoscelis — noun a genus of Spheniscidae • Syn: ↑genus Pygoscelis • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Spheniscidae, ↑family Spheniscidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pygoscelis tyreei — Taxobox name = Tyree s Penguin status = fossil fossil range = Late Pliocene regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Aves ordo = Sphenisciformes familia = Spheniscidae genus = Pygoscelis (disputed) species = P. tyreei… … Wikipedia
Pygoscelis adeliae — noun medium sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica • Syn: ↑Adelie, ↑Adelie penguin • Hypernyms: ↑penguin • Member Holonyms: ↑Pygoscelis, ↑genus Pygoscelis … Useful english dictionary
bird genus — noun a genus of birds • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Protoavis, ↑genus Archaeopteryx, ↑genus Archeopteryx, ↑genus Sinornis, ↑genus Ibero mesornis, ↑gen … Useful english dictionary
Penguin — Taxobox name = Penguins fossil range = Paleocene Recent image width = 250px image caption = Gentoo Penguin, Pygoscelis papua regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves infraclassis = Neognathae ordo = Sphenisciformes ordo authority =… … Wikipedia
Gentoo penguin — Taxobox name = Gentoo Penguin status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 230px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Sphenisciformes familia = Spheniscidae genus = Pygoscelis species = P. papua… … Wikipedia
Adelie Penguin — Taxobox name = Adélie Penguin status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 250px image caption = Adélie Penguin regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Sphenisciformes familia = Spheniscidae genus = Pygoscelis species = P … Wikipedia
Chinstrap Penguin — For other uses, see Chinstrap (disambiguation). Chinstrap Penguin Conservation status … Wikipedia
penguin — /peng gwin, pen /, n. Ornith. 1. any of several flightless, aquatic birds of the family Spheniscidae, of the Southern Hemisphere, having webbed feet and wings reduced to flippers. 2. Obs. See great auk. [1570 80; orig. uncert.; perh. < Welsh pen… … Universalium
