noun
- small penguins with distinctive yellow and orange crests that live on rocky coasts and islands
Usage: zoology
Examples
- The rockhoppers nested on the steep cliffs of the subantarctic island.
- We watched the rockhoppers hop from rock to rock along the shoreline.
- Rockhoppers are known for their bright orange eyebrows and spiky yellow crests.
- The documentary showed rockhoppers diving into the ocean to catch krill.
- Climate change threatens the breeding grounds of rockhoppers in the Southern Ocean.
- Rockhoppers are smaller than emperor penguins but more agile on land.