Gentoo
Americannoun
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a Hindu.
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any of the languages of those who practice the Hindu religion, especially Telugu.
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Gentoo
1630–40; < Portuguese gentio gentile
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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
Successful applicants will be based on Goudier Island in the Antarctic Peninsula, with each other and a colony of Gentoo penguins for company.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2022
Gentoo penguins, with bright red-orange beaks and distinctive white markings on their heads, are partial to open water without chunks of ice bobbing around.
From Reuters ● Feb. 1, 2022
Gentoo penguins and elephant seals ogled them as they began clambering over boulders along the shore.
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
"Gentoos have to wait for rock to be exposed before they can breed," says Hart.
From The Verge ● Apr. 30, 2015
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
Was he to seek refuge with the Mahrattas, who, though Gentoos like himself, had reduced every nation which they subdued, except those who were originally of their own empire, to a severe servitude?
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
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