Emperor
nomcourant dans les dialogues
The title of an emperor.
nom
- 1
The title of an emperor.
As military attaché to the British Embassy in Berlin he enjoyed the esteem of Emperors William and Frederick.
- 2
Variante de emperorAlternative form of emperor (emperor penguin).
Certainly LH levels rise in female Emperors during the brooding (guard) phase of chick rearing and decrease significantly in females that have lost their chicks, suggesting that there is a link between brooding behaviour and elevated LH levels.
Most Emperor breeding failures are actually caused by their fellow penguins: either a mate's careless transfer of the egg, or when a disgruntled neighbor's aggressive action slides or breaks the egg.
There are Seventeen kinds of penguin, but the Emperor is the only one that breeds in Antarctica in midwinter.
Nevertheless the Emperors were unsettled owing, there can be no doubt, to the knowledge that bad weather was impending.
Formes
- pluriel
- Emperors