Assertion: great auk | /r/HasProperty | original penguin
Facets:
value: probably
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: As suggested by the scientific name, the Great Auk is also probably the original 'penguin', the name assumed to be from the Welsh for white head, referring to the white flash on the forehead.
text: The Great Auk, in Welsh pen gwyn, 'white head' (referring to the prominent white patch on the head which distinguishes it from other auks), was the original bird to which the name "penguin" applied; this use was first recorded in 1536 in respect of islands off Newfoundland.
text: In fact, great auks were the original “penguins.
text: The great auk was the original penguin, as it was the first flightless bird with that name.