| 单词 | johnny penguin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJohnny penguin b. The gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua. Also more fully Johnny penguin. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > member of genus Pygoscelis (gentoo) gentoo1820 Johnny1832 ringed penguin1894 Adélie penguin1901 Adélie1907 1832 G. M. Goodridge Narr. Voy. South Seas 34 The Johnnys build their nests superior to either of the others, among the long grass. 1898 Daily News 19 Apr. 6/2 Reading the following paragraph on penguins—or Johnnies as they are familiarly called. 1954 W. B. Alexander Birds of Ocean (ed. 2) 155 At the Falkland Islands it [sc. the gentoo penguin] is usually known as the ‘Johnny’. 2013 G. Francis Empire Antarctica ii. 24 The gnarly sealers who worked the sub-antarctic called these birds ‘Johnny Penguin’. < as lemmas |
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