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Aptenodytes

noun

large penguins

• Syn: ↑genus Aptenodytes

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Spheniscidae, ↑family Spheniscidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑king penguin, ↑Aptenodytes patagonica, ↑emperor penguin, ↑Aptenodytes forsteri

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\\ˌapˌtēnəˈdīd.ēz, -īˌtēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from apteno- (from Greek aptēn wingless, from a- a- (II) + -ptēn, from ptēnos winged) + -dytes; akin to Greek petesthai to fly — more at feather

: a genus of large penguins including the king penguin and emperor penguin

Useful english dictionary. 2012.