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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) of subantarctic regions, having an orange oval on the side of the face and a yellow patch at the base of the throat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The great or Pennant's penguin, Aptenodytes pennanti or A. rex.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a large penguin,
Aptenodytes patagonicus , that lives on thecoast ofAntarctica and nearbyislands
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle
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