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Adelie

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Noun1.AdelieAdelie - medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica
Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
penguin - short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
genus Pygoscelis, Pygoscelis - a genus of Spheniscidae


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Variations in the range of Adelie penguins along one section of Antarctica's coast during the past 45,000 years are a keen indicator of climate change there, a new study suggests.
Of penguins' range and climate change by Science News
A foldout map in the middle of the 49-page hardcover shows the trek taken by Mumble and the adelie penguins he meets, telling that part of the story more completely than the movie does.
REALLY CHILLY FUN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Similarly, around the Antarctic Peninsula, Adelie penguins, which winter on increasingly scarce sea ice, are being displaced by chinstrap penguins, which prefer open water, just as elephant seals are pushing aside their cold-loving cousins, the crabeater seals.
Warming up the seas by Woodard, Colin / E
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