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Definition of Aptenodytes forsteri

1. Noun. The largest penguin; an Antarctic penguin.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aptenodytes Forsteri

Literary usage of Aptenodytes forsteri

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

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"The largest form is aptenodytes forsteri, and the smallest Spheniscus minor, about 36 and 19 inches long respectively ; the sexes are alike in colour, ..."

2. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1844)
"APTENODYTES Forsteri, GR Forst. Comm. Goett. in. 137. Forst. Icon. ined. t. Gray, Ann. of Nat. Hist. 1844. ..."

3. To the South Polar Regions: Expedition of 1898-1900 by Louis Charles Bernacchi (1901)
"The Emperor Penguin (aptenodytes forsteri), which is a solitary bird and of which we procured only a few specimens, is much larger, being on an average ..."

4. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1902)
"that ten specimens of the Emperor Penguin (aptenodytes forsteri] were captured alive, but made their escape from the enclosure in which they were confined. ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1895)
"Four specimens of aptenodytes forsteri, the large, lonely penguin, were secured. They had several pounds of pebbles in their stomachs. ..."

6. A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions by James Clark Ross (1847)
"Mr. Gray has, therefore, named it in the zoology of our voyage, Aptenodytes Forsteri, of which we were fortunate in bringing the first perfect specimens to ..."

7. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and by Georg Hartwig (1869)
"There are several species of this singular bird. The largest and rarest (Aptenodytes Forsteri) is generally found sin- ..."

8. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"There are several species of this singular bird. The largest and rarest (Aptenodytes Forsteri) is generally found sin- ..."

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