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Eider

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Noun

1. eider, eider duck

duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eider

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noun
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

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Eider

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nounWord forms: plural ˈeiders or ˈeider
1. 
any of several large sea ducks (esp. genus Somateria) that live in northern regions of Europe, Asia, and North America
: often eider duck
2. 
eiderdown (sense 1)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Eider

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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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