Gentoo
Americannoun
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Gentoos
plural
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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
And all of them are expected to lend a hand in greeting visitors, and monitoring the 1,500 Gentoo penguins native to the island.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
They'll be sharing the island with a colony of Gentoo penguins.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 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
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
"Gentoos have to wait for rock to be exposed before they can breed," says Hart.
From The Verge ● Apr. 30, 2015
They talked of the people as Gentoos, Moors, Mallwans, Sanganians, Gennims, Warrels, Coulis, Patanners, etc., and the number of political, racial, religious, and linguistic divisions presented to their view must have been especially puzzling.
From The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago by J. (John) Biddulph
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