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Definition of Genus eudyptes
1. Noun. Rock hoppers.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Spheniscidae, Spheniscidae
Member holonyms: Crested Penguin, Rock Hopper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Eudyptes
Literary usage of Genus eudyptes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Genus EUDYPTES. 1420. Eudyptes chrysocome (Forst.). Rock-hopper Penguin. Hob.
Falkland Island. a. Presented by JM Dean, Esq., July 1,1873. See PZ 8. ..."
2. The Voyage of the "Challenger.": The Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the by Charles Wyville Thomson (1878)
"... called by the sealers, in common with other species of the genus Eudyptes,
the " rock - hopper "—has established a rookery. From a great distance, ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1861)
"Upon the present occasion, however, he only referred to those forming the genus
Eudyptes, and, after a few cursory observations upon the described species ..."
4. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1874)
"... called by the sealers in common with other species of the genus Eudyptes—the "
rock-hopper," has established a rookery. From a great distance, ..."
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