PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica

Synonyms:

Adelie; Adelie penguin; Pygoscelis adeliae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Pygoscelis adeliae" is a kind of...):

penguin (short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers)

Holonyms ("Pygoscelis adeliae" is a member of...):

genus Pygoscelis; Pygoscelis (a genus of Spheniscidae)

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