Adélie
(əˈdeɪliː)
Also Adelie.
The name of Adélie Land in the Antarctic, used attrib. or ellipt. of a kind of penguin (Pygoscelis adeliæ) found there.
| 1907 E. A. Wilson in Nat. Antarctic Exped. 1901–4 Nat. Hist. II. ii. 40 We had Adélie Penguins in the water all around us. Ibid. 39 The numbers of adult Adélies rapidly increased. 1919 Shackleton South i. 6 During the day we had seen adelie and ringed penguins. 1930 J. S. Huxley Bird-Watching iv. 68 Adelie penguins lay their eggs in a little depression bordered by stones. Ibid., An Adelie rookery in the Antarctic. 1959 New Biol. XXIX. 107 The truly Antarctic birds are the Emperor and Adélie penguins. |