eider duck
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of eider duck
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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The eider duck and the hair seal are disappearing, but on the word of Medical Missionary Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, the country is infested with mice "of many varieties."
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Later two ptarmigan were spotted, and still later an eider duck.
From The Eternal Maiden by Harré, T. Everett
There the eider duck builds its nest and spends the brief summer of the Arctic.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.
You sat on a wall, and watched a hawk flying and carrying an eider duck in its claws.
From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora
It is for the sake of the feathers sailors shoot these birds on the ice, for they are nearly as well feathered as an eider duck.
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon
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