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Word: Gentoo
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: perhaps from Anglo-Indian Gentoo ‘a Hindu’, from Portuguese gentio ‘gentile’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʒɛnˈtuː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a tall penguin with a white triangular patch above the eye, breeding on subantarctic islands.
Short Definition:tall penguin with white triangular patch above eye
Variant Forms:
- gentoo penguin
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