Adélie penguin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Adélie penguin
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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It is only the third recorded incident of an Adélie penguin being found on New Zealand's coast.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2021
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
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 Levick, George Murray
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