n. a tracked oversnow vehicle of the snowmobile type, much used in the North, built by the Bombardier Co. of Valcourt, P.Q.
- 1949  In addition to the Penguin and oversnow equipments used in the convoys, two Penguins . . . worked up and down the trail. . . .
- 1963  Then in 1943, Armand devised the "Penguin," a heavily-armoured amphibious Bren carrier.
- 1966  The penguin in this case was one of those amphibious machines currently in production to get sportsmen way back in.