Etymology

Fiordland penguin

Today it means: A species of crested penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, with distinctive blue-grey upperparts, which breed on the Fiordland coast and on nearby islands. Full definition →

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The story

From Fiordland, the coast along which it breeds.

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