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

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

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

From Washington Times

"Dorrigo looked up. A large dog stood at the top of the dune. Above blood-jagged drool, its slobbery mouth clutched a twitching fairy penguin."

From Los Angeles Times

Above blood-jagged drool, its slobbery mouth clutched a twitching fairy penguin.

From The Guardian

The smallest penguin is called the fairy penguin.

From Children's BBC