macaroni penguinEnglishOxford New American Dictionarymacaroni penguin /ˌmakəˈrōnē ˈpeNGɡwən, ˌmækəˈroʊni ˈpɛŋɡwən/ ▸ noun a penguin with an orange crest, breeding on islands in the Antarctic. Eudyptes chrysolophus, family Spheniscidae. – ORIGIN early 19th century : so named because the orange crest was thought to resemble the hairstyle of dandies known as macaronies (see macaroni).