| 单词 | rockhopper penguin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrockhopper penguin 1. A small penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, having a thin yellow crest, which breeds on subantarctic coastal cliffs which it ascends by hopping from rock to rock. More fully rockhopper penguin. ΚΠ 1843 Rep. Royal Inst. Cornwall 1842 23 Skins of the King Penguin, Gentoo ditto, Macaroni ditto, Rock Hopper ditto, Jackass ditto, [etc.]. 1875 J. H. Kidder Nat. Hist. Kerguelen Island i. 46 The whaler's epithet ‘rock-hopper’ is in this case particularly well applied, since they are the most agile of all penguins, skipping from rock to rock. 1875 J. H. Kidder Nat. Hist. Kerguelen Island i. 9 I discovered a lot of nests, near a rookery of ‘rock-hopper’ penguins. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xx. 235 A rock-hopper penguin..from southern New Zealand lived for one year and five months. 1994 New Scientist 23 Apr. 29/3 The Falklands' craggy coastlines are the world's largest breeding grounds for the gentoo and rockhopper penguins. 2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 48 Rockhoppers breed in summer, laying two dimorphic eggs. < as lemmas |
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