king penguin

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   large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle

   SynonymsAptenodytes patagonica

   Broaderpenguin

   Part ofAptenodytes

Questions about king penguin

What does king penguin mean?

king penguin means "large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle".

What is another word for king penguin?

Close synonyms include Aptenodytes patagonica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is king penguin a common word?

king penguin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.