APTENODYTES PATAGONICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aptenodytes patagonica mean? 

• APTENODYTES PATAGONICA (noun)
  The noun APTENODYTES PATAGONICA has 1 sense:

1. large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle

  Familiarity information: APTENODYTES PATAGONICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APTENODYTES PATAGONICA (noun)

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Meaning:

Large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aptenodytes patagonica; king penguin

Hypernyms ("Aptenodytes patagonica" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Aptenodytes patagonica" is a member of...):

Aptenodytes; genus Aptenodytes (large penguins)