gentoo

Examples

• All

• To keep the eggs and chicks dry, gentoo penguins had gathered rocks and pebbles, sometimes more than a thousand, to build nests that acted as little islands (figure 5b).

  Academic text (2008)

• Guests will have the opportunity to meet SeaWorld star, a young gentoo penguin who is the guide to a ride that leads guests on a journey through the Antarctic.

  Blog text (11)

• The heavy snow cover placed the gentoo chicks on Cuverville Island in a time squeeze.

  Academic text (2008)

• Scientists always thought gentoo penguins mated for life.

  Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)

• The onset of egg laying in gentoo penguins, even at the same colony, can vary by three to five weeks from year to year.

  Academic text (2008)

• Cuverville Island has approximately 4,000 pairs of gentoo penguins.

  Academic text (2008)

• Between 2003 and 2004, I visited Cuverville Island, a small island near the Lemaire Channel, and saw how global warming was affecting one of the most southerly colonies of gentoo penguins (Figure 2).

  Academic text (2008)

• Sea-ice reduction can benefit relatively ice-intolerant species such as chinstrap and gentoo penguins and cause ice-requiring species like Adélie and emperor penguins to decline.

  Academic text (2008)

• Gentoo penguins are easily recognized by their distinctive white stripe across the top of their heads.

• On Cuverville Island, you can observe the playful behaviors of gentoo penguins as they slide down the snow.

Synonyms

P

penguin

vsgentoo

265 1.0

A bird that cannot fly and has short legs and wings shaped like flippers for swimming

names a medium-sized species with a white head stripe and orange bill

P

Pygoscelis

vsgentoo

• Specialized

9.9

A group of penguins that includes Adélie, chinstrap, and gentoo penguins

refers to one species with distinct head stripe and orange bill

Surface Forms

Etymology