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Date: 2020-05-18 09:55 pm (UTC)
med_cat: (SH education never ends)
From: [personal profile] med_cat
Just looked it up, nope, totally different etymology!

History and Etymology for penguin

obsolete English penguin great auk, perhaps from Welsh pen gwyn white head (applied to the bird in winter plumage)
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