Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The rockhopper penguin
Etymologies
- rock + hopper (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Then move that left column (with all the ego cites) to the right so I don't have to scroll every damn article to read it. rockhopper mr.”
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“I'll don my asbestos suit now. rockhopper cmotdibbler”
Land Short-Term Work With A Dumbed Down Résumé | Lifehacker Australia
“These people are often asked how they stay so thin and the truth is ... its not the sugars they eat its what they eat along side of it. rockhopper”
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“Not one of them uses logic to find and sell the product that matches the consumers needs. fiman16 rockhopper”
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“Peanuts and Chewing Gum are a great combo. rockhopper”
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“As a result, the northern rockhopper is now classified as an endangered species.”
The Guardian: Tristan da Cunha islanders rescue rockhopper penguins threatened by oil slick
“The northern rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes moseleyi, is found on only a few islands in the Atlantic, with 99% of its population making homes on the British overseas territory of Tristan da Cunha, a lonely, volcanic archipelago considered to be the world's most remote inhabited group of islands.”
The Guardian: Tristan da Cunha islanders rescue rockhopper penguins threatened by oil slick
“Oil-covered northern rockhopper penguins on Nightingale island after the freighter MV Oliva ran aground.”
The Guardian: Tristan da Cunha islanders rescue rockhopper penguins threatened by oil slick
“Thousands of endangered northern rockhopper penguins, which were caught in thick oil slicks, have been saved in a month-long operation involving virtually all of the islands' 260 inhabitants.”
The Guardian: Tristan da Cunha islanders rescue rockhopper penguins threatened by oil slick
“Other animated features include a fish swimming up a waterfall, only to be snatched up in the jaws of a bear, a koala climbing up and down a eucalyptus tree and a penguin leaping off an iceberg you can read here how islanders in the South Atlantic rescued thousands of endangered northern rockhopper penguins, which were caught in thick oil slicks.”
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birds
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at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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Bird Wirds: Adjectives
Adjectives used in actual (non-taxonomic) bird names, past and present.
roseate, glossy, whooping, neotropic, pelagic, ferruginous, crested, whiskered, marbled, tufted, horned, eared and 818 more...
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The DEADLIEST Catch
All the words I keep hearing now that Season 4 has launched. WOOOO!!
Edit: Amended list to include other fishing terms (not necessarily crab-fishing, not necessarily heard on Deadliest...bering sea, launch, pot, bait, icy, dutch harbor, processing, greenhorn, coast guard, survival suit, opilio, king crab and 65 more...
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Penguins and Pigeons
chinstrap, gentoo, emperor, rockhopper, carmelites, turbit, pouter, jacobin, barb, nun, archangel, scandaroon and 14 more...
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chained_bear See also otter trawl, trawler.
"The rollers along the bottom of the net were replaced by 'rockhoppers,' large disks that tend to hop up when they hit a rock and make it possible to drag close to a rough ocean bottom without damaging the net. In addition, 'tickler chains' stir up the bottom, creating noise and dust. Cod, and other groundfish, instinctively hide on the bottom when they sense danger, and the ticklers act like hunters beating bushes to drive birds out, sending the frightened cod out of their protecitve crannies and up into the nets.
"The ocean floor left behind in a desert. Any fish swimming in the vast area of these nets is caught. The only control is mesh size... but fishermen often point out that once the back wall of the cod end has a good crop of fish in it, few fish of any size can escape, regardless of how big the mesh. Millions of unwanted fish... are tossed overboard, usually dead."
—Mark Kurlansky, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (New York: Penguin, 1997), 140–141 Jul 16, 2009