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eider

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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.
[Back-formation from eiderdown.]
eider or eider duck
Noun
a large sea duck of the N hemisphere [Old Norse æthr]
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Noun1.eidereider - 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


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Its vivid yellows fairly screamed aloud; its whites were as eider down; its blacks glossy as the finest anthracite coal, and its coat long and shaggy as a mountain goat.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The landlord was near spraining his wrist, and I told him for heaven's sake to quit -- the bed was soft enough to suit me, and I did not know how all the planing in the world could make eider down of a pine plank.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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