gentoo penguin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gentoo penguin
1855–60; perhaps Gentoo, though sense unclear
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The newly recognized southeastern gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis kerguelensis, may face an uncertain future.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Genetic evidence shows that what scientists once treated as a single, widely distributed gentoo penguin species is actually made up of four separate species.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
"There's probably no species of penguin where the taxonomy has been more debated than the gentoo penguin," said Bowie, a curator in UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Sphen the gentoo penguin - one half of a world-famous same-sex "power couple" - has died in Australia, aged 11.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
Having a fair wind they made good headway along the coast, dropping in at a gentoo penguin rookery en route, and collecting about two hundred and twenty eggs.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Sir Douglas Mawson
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