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fairy penguin

British

noun

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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fairy penguin

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

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