Is there an adjective for "penguin"? Since they belong to the family Spheniscidae, I coined "spheniscid" for an adjective. If there isn't already an adjectival form of penguin, would this be a reasonable term?
Never mind. It turns out I didn't invent a new word, but at least I guessed right.
Penguid rolls off the toungue more satisfyingly though - it's like languid, only... livelier and err... well, more penguid.
Interesting that "spheno-" refers to objects shaped like a wedge. I don't quite see penguins as
being shaped like wedges.
I see penguins as being wedge-shaped.
maybe more of a cone, but definitely bigger at the bottom than at the top!
would a penguin who takes dictation be a sphenographer?
Here is URL with pictures of penguins. They look like streamlined elongated footballs to me.
http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Penguins.html
Stick they bills underneath a tire--they make great chocks to stop a tractor trailer.
Et: Loved your sphenographer comment!
Maybe it's the way they kinda toboggan down hills.
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They look like streamlined elongated footballs to me.
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I see penguins as being wedge-shaped.
Surely penguins were around before wedges were invented? If that is so, then it is wedges that are penguin shaped (penguoid?).
Is there an adjective for "penguin"?It depends on whom you want to apply it to, and for what reason
Surely penguins were around before wedges were invented?
So did penguinkind invent the wedge in its own image?
The penguin is rife with wedges: its beak, its wings, its tail, its feet, its body. Wedges all. Wedgeville. That's what a penguin is. Wedgeville.
And to think orchestral musicians are sometimes called penguins.
orchestral musicians are sometimes called penguins
As are nuns.
Wedges weren't invented until much later, when there was underwear. Oh. Wedges, not wedgies. Er, never mind.
In first year physics, one learns about the basic mechanical devices. Wedges are an extension
of the inclined plane. And penguins look as though they were wearing tuxedos.
penguins look as though they were wearing tuxedos
What makes you think they're not?
What makes you think they're not?
No cummerbund.
The penguins' tuxedos got no fly to cummer unbund.
So in addition to protozoans there's apparently no fly zoans. But there's a Bush behind every no fly zoan.
Thanks for the cool word, Ata. Now that I've installed Linux, I can tell everybody I'm spheniscating.