Aptenodytes

Translingual
Aptenodytes forsteri

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) πτηνο- (ptēno-, “feather or wing”) and δυτης (dutēs, “diver”).

Proper noun

Aptenodytes m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Spheniscidae – great penguins.

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