'Jackass penguin' definitions:
Definition of 'jackass penguin'
From: WordNet
noun
Small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call [syn: jackass penguin, Spheniscus demersus]
Definition of 'Jackass penguin'
From: GCIDE
- Jackass \Jack"ass`\, n. [2d jack + ass.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The male ass; a donkey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead; -- disparaging and offensive. [1913 Webster]
- Jackass bark (Naut.), a three-masted vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine.
- Jackass deer (Zool.), the koba.
- Jackass hare, Jackass rabbit (Zool.). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack, n.
- Jackass penguin (Zool.), any species of penguin of the genus Spheniscus, of which several are known. One species (Spheniscus demersus) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope; another (Spheniscus Magellanicus) is found at the Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an ass; -- hence the name.
- Laughing jackass. (Zool.) See under Laughing. [1913 Webster]