Adélie penguin
or Adelie penguin
noun
a penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, occurring in large colonies in Antarctica.
Origin of Adélie penguin
1First recorded in 1905–10
- Also called Adélie.
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How to use Adélie penguin in a sentence
Many year-old adelies, three crab-eaters, six sea-leopards, one Weddell and two blue whales were seen.
South! | Sir Ernest ShackletonWhite-rumped terns, Antarctic petrels and snow petrels were numerous, and there was a colony of adelies on a low berg.
South! | Sir Ernest ShackletonFortunately, however, we caught two seals and four emperor penguins, and next day forty adelies.
South! | Sir Ernest Shackleton
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