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Eider duck

noun
1.
Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.  Synonym: eider.





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"Eider duck" Quotes from Famous Books



... group are the Redhead and the Canvasback, who are always welcome guests at dinner, and are so much alike in the crisp brown company dress they wear on the table, with plenty of stuffing and gravy, that very few persons can tell them apart. But the most famous one of all is the Eider Duck—the one which yields such an abundance of exquisitely soft, warm down that we use it for making the best sort ...
— Citizen Bird • Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues


Words linked to "Eider duck" :   eiderdown, genus Somateria, eider, Somateria, sea duck


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