duntern.

Brit.

/ˈdʌntə/, U.S.

/ˈdəntər/, Scottish English

/ˈdʌntər/

Forms: 1600s– dunter, 1700s–1800s duntur.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dunt v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < dunt v.¹ + -er suffix¹, in each sense so called with reference to the plunging movements the animals make in the water.

Chiefly Scottish and English regional (Northumberland).

1. The eider, Somateria mollissima. Also more fully dunter duck, dunter goose.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Somateria > somateria mollissima (eider)

St. Cuthbert's duck1674

duntera1688

eider-duck1744

sea-duck1753

a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 16 Plenty both of wild and tame fowls..Dunter-Goose, Claik-Goose.

1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. ii.^* 49 The Duntur haunts the May.

1743 J. Isham Observ. Hudsons Bay (1949) 122 Dunter geese..are more proper [sic] Dunter Ducks,..they are brown all over (the hens).., the Cock's are motled black & white.

1771 W. Wales in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 126 There are various sorts of the geese, as..the brant, the dunter..The gander of the dunter kind is..one of the most beautiful feathered birds that I have ever seen.

1809 Scots Mag. Apr. 2441/ Above a dozen of Eider-ducks, here called Dunters, (a rare species), were brought to market.

1866 A. W. Crichton Naturalist's Ramble Orcades 97 We could distinguish one eider duck or dunter, as they are here termed.

1911 J. Omond Orkney 80 Years Ago 5/3 The dunter duck scurrying off its nest at our approach.

1976 R. Bulter Shaela 25 Naethin muvs bit da dunters sweemin by.

1997 Shetland Times 10 Oct. 23/3 Some herring gulls temporarily defend small groups of feeding dunters from competitors.

2007 New Writing Scotl. 25 37 A hen dunter trötled tae her young-eens i da ebb.

2. Also puffy dunter. Any of various cetaceans, esp. the common porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, and Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Dunter, a porpoise, Porcus marinus, Teviotdale; apparently a cant term.

a1845 R. H. Barham Memoir in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 106 An old woman..cried out, ‘Aiblins, Sir, it was a dunter.’ (The vulgar name of a species of whale common to the Scotch coast.)

1883 Newcastle Courant 16 Nov. 2/1 Porpoises..and ‘dunters’ may be seen gambolling along the coast of Durham.

1905 Paint, Oil & Drug Rev. 15 Feb. 25/2 Among the smaller Cretaceans [sic], the porpoises, the puffy dunters, and grampuses, an excellent grade of oil is secured for commercial purposes.

1960 G. Maxwell Ring of Bright Water v. 62 The ring-net men call Risso's dolphin ‘lowpers’ or ‘dunters’, words deriving from the habit of seemingly aimless and random leaping.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dunter
释义	duntern. Brit. /ˈdʌntə/, U.S. /ˈdəntər/, Scottish English /ˈdʌntər/ Forms: 1600s– dunter, 1700s–1800s duntur. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dunt v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < dunt v.¹ + -er suffix¹, in each sense so called with reference to the plunging movements the animals make in the water. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (Northumberland). 1. The eider, Somateria mollissima. Also more fully dunter duck, dunter goose. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Somateria > somateria mollissima (eider) St. Cuthbert's duck1674 duntera1688 eider-duck1744 sea-duck1753 a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 16 Plenty both of wild and tame fowls..Dunter-Goose, Claik-Goose. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. ii.^* 49 The Duntur haunts the May. 1743 J. Isham Observ. Hudsons Bay (1949) 122 Dunter geese..are more proper [sic] Dunter Ducks,..they are brown all over (the hens).., the Cock's are motled black & white. 1771 W. Wales in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 126 There are various sorts of the geese, as..the brant, the dunter..The gander of the dunter kind is..one of the most beautiful feathered birds that I have ever seen. 1809 Scots Mag. Apr. 2441/ Above a dozen of Eider-ducks, here called Dunters, (a rare species), were brought to market. 1866 A. W. Crichton Naturalist's Ramble Orcades 97 We could distinguish one eider duck or dunter, as they are here termed. 1911 J. Omond Orkney 80 Years Ago 5/3 The dunter duck scurrying off its nest at our approach. 1976 R. Bulter Shaela 25 Naethin muvs bit da dunters sweemin by. 1997 Shetland Times 10 Oct. 23/3 Some herring gulls temporarily defend small groups of feeding dunters from competitors. 2007 New Writing Scotl. 25 37 A hen dunter trötled tae her young-eens i da ebb. 2. Also puffy dunter. Any of various cetaceans, esp. the common porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, and Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus. Now rare. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Dunter, a porpoise, Porcus marinus, Teviotdale; apparently a cant term. a1845 R. H. Barham Memoir in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 106 An old woman..cried out, ‘Aiblins, Sir, it was a dunter.’ (The vulgar name of a species of whale common to the Scotch coast.) 1883 Newcastle Courant 16 Nov. 2/1 Porpoises..and ‘dunters’ may be seen gambolling along the coast of Durham. 1905 Paint, Oil & Drug Rev. 15 Feb. 25/2 Among the smaller Cretaceans [sic], the porpoises, the puffy dunters, and grampuses, an excellent grade of oil is secured for commercial purposes. 1960 G. Maxwell Ring of Bright Water v. 62 The ring-net men call Risso's dolphin ‘lowpers’ or ‘dunters’, words deriving from the habit of seemingly aimless and random leaping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1688
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