Gentoo

American  

[jen-too] / ˈdʒɛn tu /

noun

• Gentoos
  plural

1. a Hindu.

2. any of the languages of those who practice the Hindu religion, especially Telugu.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Gentoos.

Gentoo British  

/ ˈdʒɛntuː /

noun

1. archaic (sometimes not capital) a Hindu, esp as distinguished from a Muslim

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Gentoos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Gentoo

1630–40; < Portuguese gentio gentile

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Gentoo Gentoos

Mr Clarke will spend five months living with four other workers on Port Lockroy, alongside the resident Gentoo penguin colony.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024

Fuzzy Gentoo penguin chicks chased after their exhausted parents to demand food.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 14, 2023

Populations have declined by as much as 90 percent in some parts of the western side, and Gentoo penguins, distinguishable by their bright orange beaks, have largely taken over.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

"Gentoo penguins don't like sea ice," said David Ainley, a biologist with the ecological consulting firm H.T.

From Reuters ● Feb. 1, 2022

Gentoo penguins porpoised along beside the boat as they raised the sail and plunged forward into the rolling waves.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

“They’ll eat anything, they’ll breed anywhere,” Dr. Lynch said of Gentoos.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

Fortunately, the landmines aren't a problem for the penguins - at least, not the little Magellanics and Gentoos of Yorke Bay.

From BBC ● May 6, 2017

But while the latter two species aren't doing so well, Gentoos are expanding their territory, despite being less tolerant of the Antarctic snow and ice.

From The Verge ● Apr. 30, 2015

The birds in the footage are Gentoos, a species currently in competition with Adélie and Chinstrap penguins.

From The Verge ● Apr. 30, 2015

By some authors, the natives of Hindoostan are called Gentoos, a word of uncertain origin.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert