Eider : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Eider	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Eider
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eider n duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females Synonym(s): eider, eider duck
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eider \Ei"der\, n. [Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel [91][?]r; akin to Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.] (Zo[94]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. [91][eb]ard[d4]n, Sw. eiderd[d4]n, Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after as an article of luxury.