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- adjective
Adélie Land (attributive)
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Adelice Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) feeding young.
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Adelice Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) feeding young.
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Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae); chinstrap penguin (P. antarctica); gentoo penguin (P. papua); emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri); king penguin (A. patagonicus); rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes crestatus); and, macaroni penguin (E. chrysolophus).
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Six species of penguin are considered native to the Antarctic region: Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), chinstrap penguin (P. antarctica), gentoo penguin (P. papua), emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), king penguin (A. patagonicus), rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes crestatus), and macaroni penguin (E. chrysolophus).
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Pygoscelis adeliae) were expected to hurt, while the more free-roaming chinstraps Pygoscelis antarctica) would hunt better with less ice.
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Pygoscelis adeliae) are found in the Southern Ocean round Antarctica, and breed further south than any other species of penguin
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