DCHP-2

penguin [ ? < Breton " white head " (cf. Welsh pen head, headland + gwyn white), in reference to an island; see 1578 quote] Obs. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  the now-extinct great auk, Alca impennis, once found in vast numbers in Newfoundland coastal islands.

• 2 n.

  the common cormorant.

• 3 n.

  See also: Penguin