eider duck

any of several large sea ducks of the genus Soamateria and allied genera of the Northern Hemisphere, the females of which yield eiderdown.

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First recorded in 1850–55

A kind of eider-duck provided the crew with very palatable food, which relieved the monotony of the salt meat.
A Winter Amid the Ice|Jules Verne
And from every rocky islet came the calling of birds—of loon and gull and eider-duck.
Mothwise|Knut Hamsun
But I was ashamed to show more fear than the eider-duck hunter.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth|Jules Verne
Some suppose that the eider-duck could be easily domesticated.
The Young Voyageurs|Mayne Reid

This would have been an unkind cut to ordinary mortals, but it fell as harmless on Ippegoo as water on the back of the eider-duck.
Red Rooney|R.M. Ballantyne