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#88094 - 11/29/02 08:47 PM Adjective for penguin
Ata addict Registered: 11/29/02 Posts: 450	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?
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#88095 - 11/29/02 08:51 PM Re: Adjective for penguin
Ata addict Registered: 11/29/02 Posts: 450	Never mind. It turns out I didn't invent a new word, but at least I guessed right.
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#88096 - 11/30/02 03:37 PM Re: Adjective for penguin
bonzaialsatian enthusiast Registered: 09/27/02 Posts: 261 Loc: London/Prague	Penguid rolls off the toungue more satisfyingly though - it's like languid, only... livelier and err... well, more penguid.
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#88097 - 11/30/02 04:10 PM Re: Adjective for penguin
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Interesting that "spheno-" refers to objects shaped like a wedge. I don't quite see penguins as being shaped like wedges.
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#88098 - 11/30/02 05:17 PM Re: Adjective for penguin
Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...	I see penguins as being wedge-shaped.
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#88099 - 11/30/02 05:26 PM Re: Adjective for penguin
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	maybe more of a cone, but definitely bigger at the bottom than at the top! _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#88100 - 11/30/02 05:27 PM Re: Adjective for penguin
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	would a penguin who takes dictation be a sphenographer? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#88101 - 11/30/02 05:39 PM Re: Adjective for penguin
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Here is URL with pictures of penguins. They look like streamlined elongated footballs to me. http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Penguins.html
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#88102 - 11/30/02 05:46 PM Re: Adjective for penguin
Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...	Stick they bills underneath a tire--they make great chocks to stop a tractor trailer. Et: Loved your sphenographer comment!
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#88103 - 11/30/02 06:15 PM Wedge-shaped
bonzaialsatian enthusiast Registered: 09/27/02 Posts: 261 Loc: London/Prague	Maybe it's the way they kinda toboggan down hills.
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