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What (who) is macaroni penguin - definition

SPECIES OF BIRD
Eudyptes chrysolophus; Catarractes chrysolophus; Eudyptes saltator; Macaroni Penguin
  • An egg from the [[Kerguelen Islands]]
  • Showing the conspicuous orange and yellow crests
  • A nesting pair at the [[Hannah Point]], [[Livingston Island]]
  • A skeleton on display in [[Manchester Museum]]
  • Auckland Museum]]
  • An individual porpoising in Cooper Bay
  • Cooper Bay]], South Georgia

macaroni penguin         
¦ noun a penguin with an orange crest, breeding on islands in the Antarctic. [Eudyptes chrysolophus.]
Origin
C19: so named because the orange crest was thought to resemble the hairstyle of the macaronies (see macaroni in sense 2).
macaroni         
DRY PASTA VARIETY
Elbow macaroni; Macaroni noodles; Maccheroni; Macarroni; Macceroni; Elbow pasta; Chifferi; Macaroni pudding
Macaroni is a kind of pasta made in the shape of short hollow tubes.
N-UNCOUNT
macaroni         
DRY PASTA VARIETY
Elbow macaroni; Macaroni noodles; Maccheroni; Macarroni; Macceroni; Elbow pasta; Chifferi; Macaroni pudding
[?mak?'r??ni]
¦ noun (plural macaronies)
1. a variety of pasta formed in narrow tubes.
2. an 18th-century British dandy affecting Continental fashions.
Origin
C16: from Ital. maccaroni, plural of maccarone, from late Gk makaria 'food made from barley'.

Wikipedia

Macaroni penguin

The macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) is a species of penguin found from the Subantarctic to the Antarctic Peninsula. One of six species of crested penguin, it is very closely related to the royal penguin, and some authorities consider the two to be a single species. It bears a distinctive yellow crest, and the face and upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts. Adults weigh on average 5.5 kg (12 lb) and are 70 cm (28 in) in length. The male and female are similar in appearance; the male is slightly larger and stronger with a relatively larger bill. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine lifestyle.

Its diet consists of a variety of crustaceans, mainly krill, as well as small fish and cephalopods; the species consumes more marine life annually than any other species of seabird. These birds moult once a year, spending about three to four weeks ashore, before returning to the sea. Numbering up to 100,000 individuals, the breeding colonies of the macaroni penguin are among the largest and densest of all penguin species. After spending the summer breeding, penguins disperse into the oceans for six months; a 2009 study found that macaroni penguins from Kerguelen travelled over 10,000 km (6,200 mi) in the central Indian Ocean. With about 18 million individuals, the macaroni penguin is the most numerous penguin species. Widespread declines in populations have been recorded since the mid-1970s and their conservation status is classified as vulnerable.