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| To: | David Wilson <> |
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| Subject: | collective noun for breeding penguins [Sec=Unclassified] |
| From: | Andrew Taylor <> |
| Date: | Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:58:24 +1000 |
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:42:07AM +1000, David Wilson wrote: > If anyone can shed any light on this problem it would be much > appreciated, or provide some historical background. Google books is a quick way to explore historical use. "Penguin rookery" was used more frequently pre-1900 in books. A web search suggests "penguin colony" is used pre-dominately now. Andrew |
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