Adélie penguin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Adélie penguin
First recorded in 1905–10
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The Adélie penguin, who has now been affectionately named Pingu by locals, was found looking lost on the coast.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2021
It is only the third recorded incident of an Adélie penguin being found on New Zealand's coast.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2021
Her partner, Peter Wilson, who for a time spent every Christmas in Antarctica running the Adélie penguin program, had shared so many stories of penguins and inescapable sunlight that Dr. Beggs wanted to go, too.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
Facebook’s version is clearly an Adélie penguin, says Michelle LaRue, a research ecologist at the University of Minnesota, while Google seems to have gone with an emperor penguin.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 28, 2017
Evidence goes to show that the sea-leopard is the only living enemy, excepting man, that threatens the life of the adult Adélie penguin.
From Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits by George Murray Levick
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