the eider duck, which breeds on the Farn Islands, and figures in the legend of St. Cuthbert.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Somateria > somateria mollissima (eider) (6) St. Cuthbert's duck1674 the eider duck, which breeds on the Farn Islands, and figures in the legend of St. Cuthbert. duntera1688 The eider, Somateria mollissima. Also more fully dunter duck, dunter goose. eider-duck1744 A species of duck, Somateria mollissima, abundant in the Arctic regions, that lines its nest with eiderdown, n.; also, king-eider (Somateria specta… sea-duck1753 Any duck of the sub-family Fuligulinæ, as the common scoter, Œdemia nigra, and the eider-duck. Subcategories:— eider-down (2) |
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