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Penguin Pinguis Pinguecula Pinguicula Pinguin
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ 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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