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common eider

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sea duck in the eider family; Somateria mollissima.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: èider — sea duck
  • Danish: edderfugl — sea duck
  • Esperanto: molanaso — sea duck
  • Estonian: hahk — sea duck
  • Faroese: æða — sea duck
  • Finnish: haahka — sea duck
  • French: eider à duvet — sea duck
  • German: Eiderente — sea duck
  • Greenlandic: miteq — sea duck
  • Inupiaq: amauligruaq — sea duck
  • Korean: 참솜깃오리 (chamsomgidori) — sea duck
  • Latvian: parastā pūkpīle — sea duck
  • Latvian: lielā pūkpīle — sea duck
  • Latvian: gāga (localism) — sea duck
  • Navajo: hakʼaz naalʼeełí — sea duck
  • Norwegian: ærfugl — sea duck
  • Russian: обыкнове́нная га́га (obyknovénnaja gága) — sea duck
  • Russian: га́га (gága) — sea duck
  • Inari-Sami: havdâ — sea duck
  • Lule-Sami: ávdda — sea duck
  • Northern Sami: hávda — sea duck
  • Skolt-Sami: audd — sea duck
  • Swedish: ejder — sea duck
  • Swedish: åda — sea duck
  • Turkish: pufla kazı — sea duck
  • Welsh: hwyaden fwythblu — sea duck