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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of penguins, of which the gentoo or so-called Papuan penguin, P. papua or P. tæniata, is the type. It is one of those commonly called johnny by sailors. See gentoo.

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  • noun a genus of Spheniscidae

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