Macaroni penguin "chrysolophus" is derived from the Greek words "chryse" "golden", and "lophos" "crest". The common name was recorded from the early 19th century in the Falkland Islands. English sailors apparently named the species for its conspicuous yellow crest; Maccaronism was a term for a particular style in 18th-century England marked by flamboyant or excessive ornamentation. A person who adopted this fashion was labelled a "maccaroni" or "macaroni", as in the song "Yankee Doodle". Molecular clock evidence using DNA suggests the macaroni penguin split from its closest relative, the royal penguin ("Eudyptes schlegeli"), around 1.5 million years ago. The two have generally
Tony Macaroni Tony Macaroni Tony Macaroni is a chain of restaurants in Scotland specializing in Italian cuisine. The slogan of the company is "vive per mangiare" ( "live to eat"). It is the sister company of Nardini's, an ice cream parlour in Largs, Scotland, and Marini's, a Scottish chain of fish and chip shops. The first restaurant in Scotland opened in 2001 in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire. The most recently opened branch is "Alla Romana" in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh restaurant attempts to bring the atmosphere of a traditional Roman street café to Bruntsfield, calling it "Pizza al taglio