Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, a genus of penguins, of the family Spheniscidæ, having a stout, compressed beak hooked at the end, and no crest; the jackass-penguins.
- noun In entomology, a genus of heteromerous coleopterous insects, of the family Tenebrionidæ.
- noun In mathematics, a sphenic number.
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- noun type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins
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Depending on location, the habitat preference and temperament of S. spheniscus is variable.
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The penguin, spheniscus mendiculus, is the only one of its kind to live on the equator due to the cool water and air temperatures from ocean currents.
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