eider (redirected from Eider (zoology))

ei·der  (dr)

n.

Any of several large sea ducks, especially of the genus Somateria of northern regions, having soft, commercially valuable down and predominantly black and white plumage in the male.

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[Back-formation from eiderdown.]

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eider, eider duck [ˈaɪdə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several sea ducks of the genus Somateria, esp S. mollissima, and related genera, which occur in the N hemisphere. The male has black and white plumage, and the female is the source of eiderdown

[from Old Norse æthr; related to Swedish ejder, Dutch, German Eider]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

eider - duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females eider duck sea duck - any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser genus Somateria, Somateria - eider ducks eiderdown - down of the eider duck

Translations

eider

n → Eiderente f

eider [ˈaɪdəʳ] n (also eider duck) → edredone m