Definitions for eiderˈaɪ dər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ei•derˈaɪ dər(n.)

  1. Category: Ornithology

    Ref: eider duck.

  2. Ref: eiderdown.

Origin of eider:

1735–45; < Icel æthar (in 18th-cent. sp. ædar), gen. sing. of æthur eider duck

Princeton's WordNet

  1. eider, eider duck(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. eider(Noun)

    Any species of sea duck of the genera Polysticta or Somateria, which lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body).

  2. Eider(ProperNoun)

    A river in Germany, the boundary between Schleswig and Holstein.

  3. Origin: From æðar, genitive of æðr, probably reaching English via eider (now ejder).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Eider(noun)

    any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species


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