noun
macaroni penguin
A species of crested penguin with distinctive yellow-orange head plumes. Scientific name: Eudyptes chrysolophus.
マカロニペンギンは南極周辺の島々で繁殖する。
Macaroni penguins breed on islands around Antarctica.
Variant with a middle dot, sometimes used in formal or scientific contexts.
From English 'macaroni penguin'. The name 'macaroni' is thought to refer to the elaborate feather crest, reminiscent of the flamboyant style of 18th-century 'macaronis'.