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~ PINGA or
~ PINGAR in Portuguese TO BEG or SOLICIT
~ PINGO in Argentina or in Portuguese
id+ | A HANDSOME HORSE |
~ PINGUE or
~ PINGUIS id+ | FRUITFUL | or
sp vernacular GAIN PROFIT as in
sp PINGUE PROPINA = FAT TIP or PROFIT
lat PINGO = " TO DRAW OUT "
TO MARK TO PAINT
TO DECORATE TO GARNISH
PINGOR TO BE ADORNED
med> PINGUE FAT BETWEEN THE SKIN AND THE FLESH
lat PINGUESCO PLUMP
TO GROW FAT leading to
~ PINGUECULA next
~ PINGUICULA vern BUTTERWORT
med> YELLOWISH SPOT ON THE EDGE
OF THE CORNEA OR SCLEROCORNEAL
JUNCTION DUE TO THE PROLIFERATION OF
THE BULBAR CONJUNCTIVA MORE COMMON
AMONG THE ELDERLY
biol> A GENUS OF PLANTS WITH LEAVES
GREASY TO THE TOUCH
lat PINGUICULA VULGARIS includes
SANICULA MONTANA SANICULA CHORACENSIS
THE ABOVE ARE EXAMPLES OF PLANTS WITH
REMARKABLE UNCTUOSITY THAT CAN BE USED
AS POMATUM OR POMADE FOR HAIR OR CHAPS OR CHAPPING
~ PINGUIN in eng PENGUIN perhaps from
PEN = HEAD and
GWIN WHITE in Welch
alt lat PINGUIS FAT BIRD
gr PAKHYS FAT as in PAQUIDERM
ed {anglophones point to a place in
Terranova so called where this bird was common
but Spanish and Portuguese sources also show the
term as do the French = PINGOUIN
navigators familiar with Latin preceded those
relying on Welch}
SOME DISPUTE REMAINS AS TO THE ROOT OF THE TERM
biol> A NOT VERY INTELLIGENT AMONG BIRDS
in sp PAJARO BOBO = DUMB BIRD
THE PINGUING ARE DECIMATED BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FLEE
FROM SUCH ENEMIES LIKE MAN AND HIS DOGS WHO DO NOT
BELONG IN THE HABITATS OF PINGUINS
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