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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A curl-crested penguin; a penguin of the genus Eudyptes, as E. chrysocome or E. chrysolopha; a macaroni: so called by seamen from the way they hop over the rocks in places where they congregate to breed. See cut under
Eudyptes .
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In the 1980s, rock-hopper trawls were invented; the large tires and rollers that were attached to the bottom of nets allow the nets to roll over any rough surface.
Coral degradation through destructive fishing practices 2008
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Tom stopped after getting over the stones like the rock-hopper penguin.
The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Hang his insolence!" muttered the middy; and as Tom lowered himself from the post and then went, rock-hopper fashion, down the steps and boarded the boat, the young officer gave Aleck a supercilious stare up and down, taking in his rough every-day clothes and swelling himself out
The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap George Manville Fenn 1870
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