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gentoo penguin in American English ( ˈdʒentuː) nouna penguin, Pygoscelis papua, of small Antarctic islands Word origin [1855–60; perh. gentoo, though sense unclear ]Examples of 'gentoo penguin' in a sentencegentoo penguin There's a gentoo penguin colony and an amphitheatre of icy mountains.We saw gentoo penguins there the next day.Underwater, gentoo penguins can reach speeds of 22mph and emperor penguins can dive to depths of 500m.There are about 2,000 gentoo penguins and 600 or 700 breeding pairs of king penguins here.The humans who work there share the area with the gentoo penguins who breed here every season.The volunteers share their icy home with hundreds of resilient gentoo penguins, who come back every season to breed. |