eider duck


noun
  1. any of several large sea ducks of the genus Soamateria and allied genera of the Northern Hemisphere, the females of which yield eiderdown.

Origin of eider duck

1
First recorded in 1850–55

Words Nearby eider duck

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How to use eider duck in a sentence

  • The king eider duck (Somateria spectablis) is another species resembling the preceding and inhabiting the same coasts.

  • Their houses were quite small, and the people themselves were dwarfs, who called the eider duck walrus.

  • As the day declined, snow began to fall in large flakes like the down of the eider-duck.

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  • The eider duck differs from all the birds of the same tribe hitherto described, in being essentially and absolutely a sea-bird.

  • The nest of the Scoter is described as being like that of the eider duck, and similarly located.