单词 | little blue penguin |
释义 | > as lemmaslittle blue penguin little penguin n. a small penguin, Eudyptula minor, of southern Australia and New Zealand, with a dark blue head, upperparts, and flippers (more fully little blue penguin); also called blue penguin, fairy penguin. ΚΠ 1809 W. Bullock Compan. Liverpool Mus. (ed. 7) 42 Little Penguin, (Aptenodytes Minor). Inhabits New Zealand. 1902 Libr. Nat. Hist. 4 2321 The jackass penguin is in the habit of nesting in burrows..and the same is also not unfrequently the case with the little blue penguin. 1950 Sci. News-Let. 4 Feb. 78/2 There are more than a dozen species of penguins, ranging from the larger Emperor and King Penguins down to the foot high Little Penguins. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees Pref. 3 In New Zealand little blue penguins nest in the forest at night with ground parrots. < as lemmas |
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