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Humboldt penguin

Humboldt penguin noun: spheniscus humboldti, a species of penguin which live in coastal Peru and Chile.

humboldt penguin: spheniscus humboldti, a species of penguin which live in coastal Peru and Chile
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Noun

Humboldt penguin (plural Humboldt penguins)

  1. Spheniscus humboldti, a species of penguin which live in coastal Peru and Chile.

Humboldt penguin meaning in Tamil

Humboldt penguin in Tamil

பெங்குவின் பறவை இனங்களுள் ஒன்று, இப்பனிப்பாடி, பெரு, சிலி நாடுகளின் கடற்கரையில் காணப்படுகிறது, இப்பெயர் வந்தது

Forms of Humboldt penguin

pluralHumboldt penguins

Origin of Humboldt penguin

Named for Alexander von Humboldt, an explorer.

Questions about Humboldt penguin

What does Humboldt penguin mean?
Humboldt penguin means spheniscus humboldti, a species of penguin which live in coastal Peru and Chile.
What is Humboldt penguin in Tamil?
Humboldt penguin in Tamil is பெங்குவின் பறவை இனங்களுள் ஒன்று, இப்பனிப்பாடி, பெரு. See Humboldt penguin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Humboldt penguin?
Humboldt penguin is a noun.
What is the plural of Humboldt penguin?
The plural of Humboldt penguin is Humboldt penguins.

Words near Humboldt penguin in the dictionary

  1. Humboldt
  2. Humboldt Bay
  3. Humboldt County
  4. Humboldt Hill
  5. Humboldt Park
  6. Humboldt penguin
  7. Humboldt penguins
  8. Humboldt River Ranch
  9. Humboldt squid
  10. Humboldt squids
  11. Humboldt's flying squirrel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Humboldt penguin (page history and authors); Humboldt penguin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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