| 释义 |
penguinery|ˈpɛngwɪnərɪ|
Also penguinry.
[f. penguin + -ery.]
An assemblage or colony of penguins; a place where penguins congregate and breed.
1839Fitzroy Narr. ‘Adventure’ I. 388 The old bird gets on a little eminence, and makes a great noise..holding its head up in the air, as if it were haranguing the penguinnery. 1921H. G. Ponting Gt. White South 55 The Adélie penguinry was but a mile or two away. 1979Nature 11 Jan. 88/2 The Adelie and chinstrap penguins feed mainly on krill, but they take different sized prey, either by active selection or by the Adelie feeding further from the rookery (or penguinery). |