eider duck
any of several large sea ducks of the genus Soamateria and allied genera of the Northern Hemisphere, the females of which yield eiderdown.
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The king eider duck (Somateria spectablis) is another species resembling the preceding and inhabiting the same coasts.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousTheir houses were quite small, and the people themselves were dwarfs, who called the eider duck walrus.
Eskimo Folktales | UnknownAs the day declined, snow began to fall in large flakes like the down of the eider-duck.
A Book of Ghosts | Sabine Baring-GouldThe eider duck differs from all the birds of the same tribe hitherto described, in being essentially and absolutely a sea-bird.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. JohnsThe nest of the Scoter is described as being like that of the eider duck, and similarly located.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. Johns
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