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Somateria

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Noun1.Somateria - eider ducksSomateria - eider ducks                          
genus Somateria
bird genus - a genus of birds
Anatidae, family Anatidae - swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
eider, eider duck - duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
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However, although raft mussels are protected from eider ducks Somateria mollissima by nets, both the subtidal and intertidal mussel beds, and the associated fauna, are accessible to eiders, which may have contributed to differences in the associated communities.
Changes in the biodiversity of mussel assemblages induced by two ... by Seed, R. / Journal of Shellfish Research
serrator Linnacus, red- I O breasted merganser Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin), I O ruddy duck Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus), N R king eider Order Falconiformes (diurnal birds of prey) Family Accipitridae (kites, eagles, hawks, and allies) Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte), I O Cooper's hawk A.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana by Minton, Sherman A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Yna roeddem ni wrth ochr ddeheuol yr ynys, a'r cwch wedi arafu er mwyn i ni weld yr hwyaden fwythblu (eider, Somateria mollisima) oedd ar draethell graean bras ar yr ynys.
Mwynhau mordaith o gylch Ynys Seiriol; BYD NATUR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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