eider

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eider

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Wikispecies has information on:

Polysticta

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Wikispecies has information on:

Somateria

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From Icelandic æðar, genitive of æðr, probably reaching English via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)

eider (plural eiders)

1. Any of the species of the genera Polysticta or Somateria, in the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).

   Synonym: eiderduck

• redie

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eider

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Borrowed from Icelandic æðr or German Eider, the latter also derives from Icelandic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛi̯.dər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ei‧der
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯dər

eider m (plural eiders, diminutive eidertje n)

1. a type of seaduck; an eider

   Synonym: eidereend

Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.dɛʁ/ ~ /e.dɛʁ/

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eider m (plural eiders)

1. eider

• “eider”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Borrowed from French eider, from Icelandic æður. Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

eider m (plural eideri)

1. eider

• Eider

• anatide
• călifar
• rață
• rață leșească

• eider in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

eider m (plural eideres)

1. eider