Adélieadj.n.

Brit.

/əˈdeɪli/, U.S.

/əˈdeɪli/

Forms: 1900s– Adélie, 1900s– Adelie. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Adélie.

Etymology: < the name of Adélie Land, a region of the Antarctic. In Adélie penguin n. at sense A. 1 after French pingouin de la terre Adélie or manchot de la terre Adélie (both 1900 or earlier). With use as noun compare French adélie (1906).Adélie Land was sighted by the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1840, who named it Terre Adélie in honour of his wife.

A. adj.

1. Adélie penguin n. a medium-sized Antarctic penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, having a black back, head, and throat, white eye-ring, and white belly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > member of genus Pygoscelis (gentoo)

gentoo1820

Johnny1832

ringed penguin1894

Adélie penguin1901

Adélie1907

1901 H. Saunders in G. Murray Antarctic Man. 232 A pair [of McCormick's skuas] had taken up their residence in the midst of a colony of the Adelie Penguins.

1959 New Biol. 29 107 The truly Antarctic birds are the Emperor and Adélie penguins.

1985 M. Parfit South Light (1988) iii. 27 Off the starboard bow, four little Adélie penguins stood on an ice hump, snow dusting their shoulders, their heads tucked away.

2006 New Yorker 12 June 52/3 And penguins they were, Adélie penguins, the little hooded characters who waddle clownishly around their breeding colonies.

2. Of or relating to Adélie penguins.

ΚΠ

1914 G. M. Levick Antarctic Penguins 95 To see an Adélie chick of a fortnight's growth trying to get itself covered by its mother is a most ludicrous sight.

1921 H. G. Ponting Great White South 55 The Adélie penguinry was but a mile or two away.

1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour iv. 68 An Adelie rookery in the Antarctic.

2009 New Yorker 21 Dec. 82/2 David Ainley, a penguin expert, who studies Adélie populations on the Ross Sea, recently led a study.

B. n.

An Adélie penguin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > member of genus Pygoscelis (gentoo)

gentoo1820

Johnny1832

ringed penguin1894

Adélie penguin1901

Adélie1907

1907 E. A. Wilson in Nat. Antarctic Exped. 1901–4 Nat. Hist. II. ii. 39 The numbers of adult Adélies rapidly increased.

1958 E. T. Gilliard Living Birds of World 19/2 When spring comes, the Adélie, which stands about 1½ feet tall, marches slowly over the broken ice to its ancestral nesting areas.

1983 V. Heinlein in R. A. Heinlein & V. Heinlein Grumbles from Grave (1990) 202 There were many Adelies, chinstraps, gentoos, and some of the larger species.

2005 N. Johnson Big Dead Place i. 5 There were two Adelies, our first penguins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adélie
释义	Adélieadj.n. Brit. /əˈdeɪli/, U.S. /əˈdeɪli/ Forms: 1900s– Adélie, 1900s– Adelie. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Adélie. Etymology: < the name of Adélie Land, a region of the Antarctic. In Adélie penguin n. at sense A. 1 after French pingouin de la terre Adélie or manchot de la terre Adélie (both 1900 or earlier). With use as noun compare French adélie (1906).Adélie Land was sighted by the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1840, who named it Terre Adélie in honour of his wife. A. adj. 1. Adélie penguin n. a medium-sized Antarctic penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, having a black back, head, and throat, white eye-ring, and white belly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > member of genus Pygoscelis (gentoo) gentoo1820 Johnny1832 ringed penguin1894 Adélie penguin1901 Adélie1907 1901 H. Saunders in G. Murray Antarctic Man. 232 A pair [of McCormick's skuas] had taken up their residence in the midst of a colony of the Adelie Penguins. 1959 New Biol. 29 107 The truly Antarctic birds are the Emperor and Adélie penguins. 1985 M. Parfit South Light (1988) iii. 27 Off the starboard bow, four little Adélie penguins stood on an ice hump, snow dusting their shoulders, their heads tucked away. 2006 New Yorker 12 June 52/3 And penguins they were, Adélie penguins, the little hooded characters who waddle clownishly around their breeding colonies. 2. Of or relating to Adélie penguins. ΚΠ 1914 G. M. Levick Antarctic Penguins 95 To see an Adélie chick of a fortnight's growth trying to get itself covered by its mother is a most ludicrous sight. 1921 H. G. Ponting Great White South 55 The Adélie penguinry was but a mile or two away. 1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour iv. 68 An Adelie rookery in the Antarctic. 2009 New Yorker 21 Dec. 82/2 David Ainley, a penguin expert, who studies Adélie populations on the Ross Sea, recently led a study. B. n. An Adélie penguin. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > member of genus Pygoscelis (gentoo) gentoo1820 Johnny1832 ringed penguin1894 Adélie penguin1901 Adélie1907 1907 E. A. Wilson in Nat. Antarctic Exped. 1901–4 Nat. Hist. II. ii. 39 The numbers of adult Adélies rapidly increased. 1958 E. T. Gilliard Living Birds of World 19/2 When spring comes, the Adélie, which stands about 1½ feet tall, marches slowly over the broken ice to its ancestral nesting areas. 1983 V. Heinlein in R. A. Heinlein & V. Heinlein Grumbles from Grave (1990) 202 There were many Adelies, chinstraps, gentoos, and some of the larger species. 2005 N. Johnson Big Dead Place i. 5 There were two Adelies, our first penguins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1901
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