rockhopper

noun

rock·hop·per ˈräk-ˌhä-pər

: a small penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) with a short thick bill and a yellow crest

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Following two nights in Buenos Aires, adventurers depart Ushuaia, Argentina, in search of rockhopper penguins, black-browed albatrosses in the Falkland Islands, and fur seals and king penguins in South Georgia. —

Kerry Spencer, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Dec. 2023 The penguin couple are the parents of the first rockhopper chick born at the Shedd in eight years, the aquarium said Tuesday. —

Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023 Grandjean, an enthusiastic bird-watcher with the extravagant eyebrows of a rockhopper penguin, had fond memories of banding storm petrels in the Faroes in his late teens and was familiar with the grindadráp. —

Kim Tingley, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023 The southern rockhopper chick (right) stood with an adult. —

Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for rockhopper