rockhopper

British  

/ ˈrɒkˌhɒpə /

noun

1. a small penguin, Eudyptes crestatus , of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and New Zealand, with a yellow crest on each side of its head

2. informal a fisherman who fishes from the rocks on the sea coast

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Example Sentences

Three Antarctic penguin species — emperor penguins, southern rockhopper penguins and macaroni penguins — are listed as vulnerable or near threatened.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024

One supporter of the eastern rockhopper penguin - which Mr Oliver dismissed as a "hipster penguin" - cast 40,000 votes for the bird.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

A fuzzy brown southern rockhopper chick is gently plopped onto a scale in an exam room and Shedd’s penguin team members are happy with the results.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023

So she and colleagues collected fecal samples from 666 adult birds from 24 different species throughout the Southern Ocean, including rockhopper penguins, Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrosses, giant petrels, and skuas.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2018

Hamilton was busy, about this time, dredging in swamp pools and securing specimens of the rockhopper or gentoo penguin.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir