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Adelie penguin

Adelie penguin noun: pygoscelis adeliae, a species of penguin with distinctive white rings surrounding the eyes.

adelie penguin: pygoscelis adeliae, a species of penguin with distinctive white rings surrounding the eyes
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Noun

Adelie penguin (plural Adelie penguins)

  1. Pygoscelis adeliae, a species of penguin with distinctive white rings surrounding the eyes.
    Synonyms:
    Adelie

Adelie penguin meaning in Tamil

Adelie penguin in Tamil

பெங்குவின் பறவை இனங்களுள் ஒன்று, பனிப்பாடி

Synonyms of Adelie penguin

Forms of Adelie penguin

pluralAdelie penguins
alternative formAdélie penguin

Origin of Adelie penguin

Named after Adélie, the wife of explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville

Questions about Adelie penguin

What does Adelie penguin mean?
Adelie penguin means pygoscelis adeliae, a species of penguin with distinctive white rings surrounding the eyes.
What is Adelie penguin in Tamil?
Adelie penguin in Tamil is பெங்குவின் பறவை இனங்களுள் ஒன்று, பனிப்பாடி. See Adelie penguin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Adelie penguin?
Adelie penguin is a noun.
What is the plural of Adelie penguin?
The plural of Adelie penguin is Adelie penguins.

Words near Adelie penguin in the dictionary

  1. adelic
  2. adelically
  3. adelid
  4. adelids
  5. Adelie
  6. Adelie penguin
  7. Adelie penguins
  8. Adelies
  9. Adelina
  10. Adeline
  11. adeling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Adelie penguin (page history and authors); Adelie penguin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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