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Definition of Aptenodytes patagonica

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aptenodytes Patagonica

Literary usage of Aptenodytes patagonica

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

1. 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. ..."

2. To the South Polar Regions: Expedition of 1898-1900 by Louis Charles Bernacchi (1901)
"This bird must not be confused with the King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica), which is a somewhat smaller species, although very similar in appearance, ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"The Aptenodytes patagonica, Patagonian Pinguin of Latham, when its voice, which resembles the braying of an ass, ..."

4. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1848)
"On the Habits of the King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica, Gme!.).—Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. IL p. 34.—Instit. 81.—Fror. Notiz. XLI. p. ..."

5. Voyages to the South Seas, Indian and Pacific Oceans, China Sea, North-West by Edmund Fanning (1838)
"The Aptenodytes patagonica, Lin. (king penguin,) is the largest and by far the most beautiful of the species, and may be seen in great numbers, covering the ..."

6. The Voyage of the "Scotia": Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in by Robert Neal Rudmose Brown, Robert Cockburn Mossman, James Hunter Harvey Pirie, William Speirs Bruce (1906)
"... breed on the northern shores of Port William, and the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica) is a not unfrequent visitor to the islands. ..."

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