noun
little penguin; fairy penguin
Refers to the species Eudyptula minor, the smallest penguin species. Common name in Japanese.
オーストラリアではコビトペンギンを見ることができます。
You can see little penguins in Australia.
Standard katakana spelling for this animal name.
Kanji spelling is possible but rarely used; the word is usually written in kana.
Compound of 小人 (kobito, 'dwarf') + ペンギン (pengin, 'penguin'), a calque of the English 'little penguin' or 'fairy penguin'.