fairy penguin

British  

noun

1. Also called: little penguin.   blue penguin.   korora.  a small penguin, Eudyptula minor , with a bluish head and back, found on the Australian coast

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Example Sentences

Now I know that the smallest penguin in the world is called the fairy penguin.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021

Known as a blue or fairy penguin, the zoo’s first animal birth of 2016 hatched weighing less than two ounces, the Associated Press reports.

From Time • Jan. 11, 2016

The zoo says the baby known as a blue or fairy penguin hatched at 6 a.m.

From Washington Times • Jan. 10, 2016