Crossword clues for eider duck
eider duck
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eider \Ei"der\, n. [Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel [ae]?r; akin to Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.] (Zo["o]l.) Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider ( S. Dresseri), the king eider ( S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider ( Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species.
Eider down. [Cf. Icel. [ae][eth]ard[=u]n, Sw. eiderd[=u]n, Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after as an article of luxury.
WordNet
n. duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females [syn: eider]
Usage examples of "eider duck".
The arctic column showed a polar bear, a walrus, a Greenland seal, a reindeer, a right whale, an eider duck.