Penguin (disambiguation)

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Depending on context, the word Penguin may refer to:

Contents 1 Bird 2 Person 3 Publishing 4 Clothing 5 Place 6 Comic Culture 7 Computing 8 Food 9 Music 10 Sporting 11 Other

Bird

• a penguin — a flightless bird from the Southern Hemisphere
• an old name for the Great Auk - an extinct flightless bird which filled the ecological niche of true penguins in the North Atlantic

Person

• George Mitchell aka The Penguin, famous Dublin Criminal[1]

Publishing

• Penguin Group — the publishing company
• Penguin Books — the British publisher

Clothing

• a clothing line, providing everything from shoes to shirts, by MunsingWear

Place

• the town of Penguin — located on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia

Comic Culture

• Pokey the Penguin — a webcomic
• the Penguin — a villain in the Batman comic books
• Pingu — a cartoon penguin

Computing

• Tux — the penguin logo/mascot of the Linux project

Food

• Penguin Mints, a brand of caffeinated mints made by Seattle-based ifive brands
• Penguin biscuit a brand of chocolate biscuit made by McVitie's

Music

• The Penguins — a 1950's doo-wop band best known for the top ten hit "Earth Angel"
• Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Sporting

• the Pittsburgh Penguins — a National Hockey League (NHL) team
• a running group started by John Bingham [2]

Other

• a type of Feynman diagram, remotely resembling a penguin bird - e.g. [3]
• a slang term for nuns, based on the stereotypical black habit with a white wimple
• a slang term for men wearing tuxedos
• Penguins — the school mascot for Portal School
• the Penguin missile

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