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emperor penguin

Syllabification: (em·per·or pen·guin)
Definition of emperor penguin

noun

  • the largest species of penguin. It has a yellow patch on each side of the head and rears its young during the Antarctic winter.
    • Aptenodytes forsteri, family Spheniscidae

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