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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.

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[Back-formation from eiderdown.]

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eider or eider duck

Noun

a large sea duck of the N hemisphere [Old Norse æthr]

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