单词 | penguinery |
释义 | penguinery|ˈpɛngwɪnərɪ| Also penguinry. [f. penguin + -ery.] An assemblage or colony of penguins; a place where penguins congregate and breed.
1839Fitzroy Narr. ‘Adventure’ I. 388 The old bird gets on a little eminence, and makes a great noise..holding its head up in the air, as if it were haranguing the penguinnery. 1921H. G. Ponting Gt. White South 55 The Adélie penguinry was but a mile or two away. 1979Nature 11 Jan. 88/2 The Adelie and chinstrap penguins feed mainly on krill, but they take different sized prey, either by active selection or by the Adelie feeding further from the rookery (or penguinery). |

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