Meanings
nounFiordland penguin (plural Fiordland penguins)
plural Fiordland penguins
- A species of crested penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, with distinctive blue-grey upperparts, which breed on the Fiordland coast and on nearby islands.
Origin
From Fiordland, the coast along which it breeds.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan pingüí de Fiordland
- pingüí de Fiordlandpenguin
Dutch fjordlandkuifpinguïn
- fjordlandkuifpinguïnpenguin
Finnish vuonopingviini
- vuonopingviinipenguin
French gorfou du Fiordland
- gorfou du Fiordlandpenguin
German Dickschnabelpinguin
- Dickschnabelpinguinpenguin
Hungarian fjordlandi pingvin
- fjordlandi pingvinpenguin
Italian pinguino del Fiordland
- pinguino del Fiordlandpenguin
Māori pokotiwha
- pokotiwhapenguin
Norwegian skogpingvin
- skogpingvinpenguin
Portuguese pinguim de Fiordland
- pinguim de Fiordlandpenguin
Russian толстоклю́вый пингви́н
- толстоклю́вый пингви́н (tolstokljúvyj pingvín)penguin
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Fiordland penguin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fiordland%20penguin
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“Fiordland penguin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fiordland%20penguin. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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