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Definition of Aptenodytes
1. Noun. Large penguins.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Spheniscidae, Spheniscidae
Member holonyms: Aptenodytes Patagonica, King Penguin, Aptenodytes Forsteri, Emperor Penguin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aptenodytes
Literary usage of Aptenodytes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Aptenodytes, Forst. The Penguins are even less capable of flying than the Auks.
Their little wings are covered with mere vestiges of feathers, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1898)
"Aptenodytes patagónica, Miller, Cimelio Physica, pi. xxiii. (1796) ; Gen. ...
55 (1825) [habits on Yarrell, PZS 1833, pp. 33, 65. Aptenodytes ..."
3. The History of the Collections Contained in the Natural History Departments by British Museum (Natural History), Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1906)
"Aptenodytes antarctica, Forst., Comment. Getting., iii., p. 141, pi. iv., 1781; id.,
... Aptenodytes magellanica, Forst., Ie, 1781; id., Descr. Anim., pp. ..."
4. A Catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum by Ashmolean museum, Philip Bury Duncan (1836)
"Aptenodytes Patagonica, Gmel.—Patagonian Penguin.—Straits of Magellan. [JS Duncan.
Subgen. SPHENISCUS, Briss.* 19- Spheniscus demersus, Temm.—Aptenodytes ..."
5. Elements of Natural History: Being an Introduction to the Systema Naturae of by Charles Stewart (1801)
"... I Aptenodytes. penetrating quality of the water; they are fortified ...
Aptenodytes magellanica. Magellanic Pinguin. The bill black, the feet ruddy; ..."
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