Definition of King penguin

1. Noun. Large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle.

Exact synonyms: Aptenodytes Patagonica
Generic synonyms: Penguin
Group relationships: Aptenodytes, Genus Aptenodytes

Definition of King penguin

1. Noun. a large penguin, ''Aptenodytes patagonicus'', that lives on the coast of Antarctica and nearby islands ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of King Penguin

king of beasts
king of clubs
king of diamonds
king of hearts
king of insects
king of six
king of spades
king of the doos
king of the herring
king of the hill
king orange
king oyster mushroom
king oyster mushrooms
king pair
king pairs
king penguin (current term)
king penguins
king post
king protea
king salmon
king skin
king snake
king tide
king tides
king vulture
king whiting
kingbird
kingbirds
kingbolt
kingbolts

Literary usage of King penguin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1894)
"I leave this task to some one else, however, as I have neither the time nor the patience. BREEDING HABITS OF THE king penguin ..."

2. The Intellectual Observer (1865)
"THE INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER. JULY, 1866. THE king penguin ... than the recent arrival of the king penguin at the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park. ..."

3. A familiar history of birds: Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts by Edward Stanley (1880)
"king penguin of the Southern Regions described.— Breeding-places.— Valuable for Oil.— Sea Fowler's perilous Occupation. — Description of, in Shetland, ..."

4. Howitt's Journal by William Howitt, Mary Botham Howitt (1848)
"Nothing could exceed the kindness of king penguin to ilie forlorn young gentleman, ... Nevertheless, as we said before, king penguin was extremely kind and ..."

5. Design in Nature: Illustrated by Spiral and Other Arrangements in the by James Bell Pettigrew (1908)
"l The swimming, diving, and flying movements of the king penguin are depicted at Fig. 1 of Plate clxiii., which follows. At Figs. 2 and 3 of Plate clxiii., ..."

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