Definition of Spheniscus demersus

1. Noun. Small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call.

Exact synonyms: Jackass Penguin
Generic synonyms: Penguin
Group relationships: Genus Spheniscus, Spheniscus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spheniscus Demersus

Sphaeriaceae
Sphaerobolaceae
Sphaerocarpaceae
Sphaerocarpales
Sphaerocarpos
Sphaerocarpus
Sphagnales
Sphecidae
Sphecius
Sphecius speciosis
Sphecoidea
Sphecotheres
Spheniscidae
Sphenisciformes
Spheniscus
Spheniscus demersus
Sphenodon punctatum
Sphenopsida
Sphingian
Sphingidae
Sphinx
Sphynx
Sphyraena
Sphyraena barracuda
Sphyraenidae
Sphyrapicus
Sphyrapicus varius
Sphyrapicus varius ruber
Sphyrna
Sphyrna tiburo

Literary usage of Spheniscus demersus

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

1. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum (Natural by Eugene William Oates, Savil Grey Reid, William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1901)
"spheniscus demersus, Cunningham, Ibis, 1868, p. 489. Spheniscus magellanicus, Abbott, His, 1861, p. 163; Scl. # Salv. Zool. ..."

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