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Definition of Genus 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 Genus Aptenodytes
Literary usage of Genus aptenodytes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1872)
"... in fact, it is the real beginning of the exact literature. Placing all the
species in the genus Aptenodytes, the author divides them into the ..."
2. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"In the southern hemisphere there is only the single genus Aptenodytes that can
be classed as antarctic ; and even that is more properly south temperate. ..."
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 Genus APTENODYTES, Forster. Is still less volatile than the penguins; its
small wings are furnished only with vestiges of feathers, at first sight ..."
4. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus aptenodytes comprises the Penguins of the cold regions of the Southern
hemisphere. They have the wings very small, are incapable of flight, ..."
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