Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gentoo penguin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: gen-too pen-guin
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Pygoscelis papua, a species of penguins that have a distinctive wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of their heads.

Inflected Forms

gentoo penguins (plural)

Synonyms

Gentoo

Questions

What does gentoo penguin mean?: Any member of the species Pygoscelis papua, a species of penguins that have a distinctive wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of their heads.

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