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  1. Penguin
    HMAS Penguin (formerly HMAS Platypus) was an Australian unarmed destroyer depot ship and fleet repair ship of 3455 tons displacement launched in 1916. HMAS Penguin carried a complement of 357 and had a top speed of 15.5 knots.
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  2. penguin
    [n] - short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
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  3. Penguin
    Variant of the Canadian Armoured Snowmobile, 1944 [CA]
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  4. Penguin
    Pen'guin noun [ Perh. orig. the name of another bird, and from W. pen head + gwyn white; or perhaps from a native South American name.] 1. (Zoology) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, t...
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  5. penguin
    1. <zoology> Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass. ....
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  6. penguin
    noun short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
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  7. Penguin
    • (n.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges. • (n.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick...
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  8. Penguin
    (from the article `rocket and missile system`) ...systems. The turbojet-powered British Sea Eagle weighed somewhat more than the Harpoon and employed active radar homing. The West German Kormoran ...
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  9. penguin
    any of 17 species of flightless marine birds that live only in the Southern Hemisphere. The majority of the 17 species do not live in Antarctica but ... [9 related articles]
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  10. penguin
    penguin, originally the common name for the now extinct great auk of the N Atlantic and now used (since the 19th cent.) for the unrelated, generally antarctic diving birds of the Southern Hemisphere. Penguins, which are related most closely to the albatrosses, are the most highly specialized of all ...
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  11. Penguin
    Penguin is British RAF slang for a member of ground-crew, someone who doesn't fly.
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  12. Penguin
    Penguin is British RAF slang for a member of ground-crew, someone who doesn't fly.
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  13. Penguin
    Penguins are any of the order Sphenisciformes of marine flightless birds, mostly black and white, found in the southern hemisphere. They range in size from 40 centimetres to 1.2 metres tall, and have thick feathers to protect them from the intense cold. They are awkward on land, but their wings have...
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  14. Penguin
    The Penguin is a Norwegian helicopter launched anti-ship missile developed for use on SH-60 Sea-Hawk helicopters and NATO allies. Penguin has a range of 35 km and a flight speed of Mach 1.2. Penguin is armed with a 120.5 kilogram, semi armour-piercing warhead.
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  15. penguin
    Click images to enlargeMarine flightless bird, family Spheniscidae, order Sphenisciformes, mostly black and white, found in the southern hemisphere. They comprise 18 species in six genera. Males are usually larger than the females. Penguins range in size from 40 cm/1.6 ft to 1.2 m/4 ft tall, and have thick feather...
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  16. Penguin
    [Naval Acronyms and Slang] slang for ground officers with no operational experience (RAF)
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  17. Penguin
    `Penguins` (order `Sphenisciformes`, family `Spheniscidae`) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become f...
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  18. Penguin
    (comics) --> The `Penguin` (born `Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot`) is a DC Comics supervillain, antagonist, and one of Batman`s oldest, most persistent enemies. The Penguin was introduced by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, making his debut in Detective Comics #58 (December 1941)...
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  19. Penguin
    (disambiguation) A `penguin` is a flightless bird from the Southern Hemisphere. Depending on context, the word `Penguin` may also refer to: Bird: Clothing: Comic culture: Computing: Food: Game: Music: Place: Publishing: Sports: Films: Other : See also:
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  20. Penguin
    (missile) The `Penguin` anti-ship missile (U.S. designation `AGM-119`), made by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) of Norway from the early 1970s and continually upgraded since, is a passive-IR seeker based short-to-medium range naval guided missile. It was the first AShM of the western ...
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  21. Penguin
    (solitaire) `Penguin` is a solitaire card game, invented by David Parlett, which uses a deck of 52 playing cards. The game play is similar to other solitaire card games as Freecell and Eight Off. Rules: After shuffling the cards, the cards are dealt from left to right into seven columns, each...
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  22. Penguin
    (album) `Penguin` is the seventh album by British rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1973. It was the first Fleetwood Mac album to feature Bob Weston and the only one to feature Dave Walker. The penguin is the band mascot favoured by John McVie. Track listing: ;Side one #"Rememb...
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  23. Penguin
    (biscuit) `Penguin biscuits` are milk chocolate-covered biscuit bars filled with chocolate cream. They are produced by United Biscuits manufacturing division, McVitie`s. The work=The Sydney Morning Herald-->--> Occasional media references include tongue in cheek debates over which is the supe...
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13 February 2012

This day in history:
The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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