rockhopper
Britishnoun
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a small penguin, Eudyptes crestatus , of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and New Zealand, with a yellow crest on each side of its head
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informal a fisherman who fishes from the rocks on the sea coast
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A colony of Southern rockhopper penguin also live on the island.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2025
The first southern rockhopper penguin hatched at Shedd in eight years came out of its shell on June 16.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023
The related rockhopper penguin has seen a dramatic population crash, and globally, “penguins are in trouble,” says Dr. Boersma.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022
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
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