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emperor penguin
noun
- the largest of the penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri, of the coasts of Antarctica, having bluish-gray and black plumage on the back, head, and wings, a white chest, and a patch of orange on each side of the neck.
emperor penguin
noun
- an Antarctic penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri, with orange-yellow patches on the neck: the largest penguin, reaching a height of 1.3 m (4 ft)
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of emperor penguin1
Example Sentences
In August, when we asked the British Antarctic Survey if the emperor penguins had survived, they couldn’t tell us.
Monitoring the global population of emperor penguins is a major challenge.
Sea ice is also vitally important for marine life -- scientists have observed catastrophic breeding failures of emperor penguin colonies because of low sea ice in recent years.
Unusually warm seas may also have taken a direct toll on one of the most beloved ocean-going creatures in the coldest continent, the emperor penguin.
The research appears in the journal article, "Advances in remote sensing of emperor penguins: first multi-year time series documenting trends in the global population," published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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