penguineryn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛŋɡwɪn(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈpɛŋɡwənəri/

Forms: 1800s penguinnery, 1800s– penguinry, 1900s– penguinery.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: penguin n., -ery suffix.

Etymology: < penguin n. + -ery suffix.With the form penguinry compare -ry suffix.

A colony or crowded mass of penguins; a penguin rookery.

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the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > breeding place or colony of

rookery1817

penguinery1830

penguin rookery1832

1830 R. Fitzroy Jrnl. 27 Jan. in Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle (1839) I. xxi. 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.

1889 Times 21 Aug. 4/2 The sight of that array of great ungainly seabirds..is quite the strangest of its little class that I have ever seen, except perhaps the wonderful penguinry of the Falkland Islands.

1913 Times 8 Dec. 6/2 The skua gull..works havoc with the eggs and young ones in the rookery—or ‘penguinery’.

1921 H. G. Ponting Great White South 55 The Adélie penguinry was but a mile or two away.

1979 Nature 11 Jan. 88/2 The Adelie and chinstrap penguins..take different sized prey, either by active selection or by the Adelie feeding further from the rookery (or penguinery).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	penguinery
释义	penguineryn. Brit. /ˈpɛŋɡwɪn(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈpɛŋɡwənəri/ Forms: 1800s penguinnery, 1800s– penguinry, 1900s– penguinery. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: penguin n., -ery suffix. Etymology: < penguin n. + -ery suffix.With the form penguinry compare -ry suffix. A colony or crowded mass of penguins; a penguin rookery. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > breeding place or colony of rookery1817 penguinery1830 penguin rookery1832 1830 R. Fitzroy Jrnl. 27 Jan. in Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle (1839) I. xxi. 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. 1889 Times 21 Aug. 4/2 The sight of that array of great ungainly seabirds..is quite the strangest of its little class that I have ever seen, except perhaps the wonderful penguinry of the Falkland Islands. 1913 Times 8 Dec. 6/2 The skua gull..works havoc with the eggs and young ones in the rookery—or ‘penguinery’. 1921 H. G. Ponting Great White South 55 The Adélie penguinry was but a mile or two away. 1979 Nature 11 Jan. 88/2 The Adelie and chinstrap penguins..take different sized prey, either by active selection or by the Adelie feeding further from the rookery (or penguinery). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830
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