Adélie penguin

American  

Or Adelie penguin

noun

1. a penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, occurring in large colonies in Antarctica.

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Etymology

Origin of Adélie penguin

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Scientists have revealed a 43% decline in a large Adélie penguin population off the east Antarctic coast over the past decade.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2022

The Adélie penguin, who has now been affectionately named Pingu by locals, was found looking lost on the coast.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2021

One member of this group was George Murray Levick, a doctor who studied the habits of a large Adélie penguin population.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019

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

This indeed was not surprising, for of all the animals of which I have had any experience, I think the Adélie penguin is the very bravest.

From Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits by Levick, George Murray