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Fiordland penguin

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of crested penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, with distinctive blue-grey upperparts, which breed on the Fiordland coast and on nearby islands.

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History

Etymology

From Fiordland, the coast along which it breeds.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: pingüí de Fiordland — penguin
  • Dutch: fjordlandkuifpinguïn — penguin
  • Finnish: vuonopingviini — penguin
  • French: gorfou du Fiordland — penguin
  • German: Dickschnabelpinguin — penguin
  • Hungarian: fjordlandi pingvin — penguin
  • Italian: pinguino del Fiordland — penguin
  • Māori: pokotiwha — penguin
  • Norwegian: skogpingvin — penguin
  • Portuguese: pinguim de Fiordland — penguin
  • Russian: толстоклю́вый пингви́н (tolstokljúvyj pingvín) — penguin