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A river in Germany, the boundary between Schleswig and Holstein.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Any of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).
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Synonyms: eiderduck
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duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: eider duck
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Broader terms: sea duck
From Icelandic æðar, genitive of æðr, probably reaching English via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
Ejderen
— Eider River
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Danish:
Ejder
— Eider River
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Georgian:
აიდერი
(aideri)
— Eider River
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German:
Eider
— Eider River
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Latin:
Egdor
— Eider River
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Latin:
Eidora
— Eider River
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Low German:
Eider
— Eider River
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Marathi:
आइडर
(āiḍar)
— Eider River
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Old English:
fīfeldōr
— Eider River
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Bulgarian:
га́га
(gága)
— duck of genus Somateria
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Catalan:
èider
— duck of genus Somateria
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Chukchi:
ӄупыкы
(qupyky)
— duck of genus Somateria
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Chukchi:
ӄупыкэт
(qupyket)
— duck of genus Somateria
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Czech:
kajka
— duck of genus Somateria
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Danish:
edderfugl
— duck of genus Somateria
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Dutch:
eidereend
— duck of genus Somateria
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Faroese:
æða
— duck of genus Somateria
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Faroese:
æðublikur
— duck of genus Somateria
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Finnish:
haahka
— duck of genus Somateria
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French:
eider
— duck of genus Somateria
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Galician:
eideiro
— duck of genus Somateria
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German:
Eiderente
— duck of genus Somateria
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Greek:
σωματερία
(somatería)
— duck of genus Somateria
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Greenlandic:
aavooq
— duck of genus Somateria
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Greenlandic:
miteq
— duck of genus Somateria
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Hungarian:
pehelyréce
— duck of genus Somateria
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Hungarian:
dunnalúd
— duck of genus Somateria
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Icelandic:
æður
— duck of genus Somateria
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Icelandic:
æðarfugl
— duck of genus Somateria
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Irish:
éadar
— duck of genus Somateria
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Italian:
edredone
— duck of genus Somateria
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Norwegian:
ær
— duck of genus Somateria
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Norwegian:
ærfugl
— duck of genus Somateria
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Polish:
edredon
— duck of genus Somateria
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Portuguese:
êider
— duck of genus Somateria
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Romanian:
eider
— duck of genus Somateria
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Russian:
га́га
(gága)
— duck of genus Somateria
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Inari-Sami:
havdâ
— duck of genus Somateria
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Inari-Sami:
havđâ
— duck of genus Somateria
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Lule-Sami:
ávdda
— duck of genus Somateria
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Northern Sami:
hávda
— duck of genus Somateria
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Skolt-Sami:
audd
— duck of genus Somateria
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Scottish Gaelic:
lach-Lochlannach
— duck of genus Somateria
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Scottish Gaelic:
colca
— duck of genus Somateria
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Scottish Gaelic:
colcach
— duck of genus Somateria
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Scottish Gaelic:
colcair
— duck of genus Somateria
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Scottish Gaelic:
lach-mhòr
— duck of genus Somateria
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Scottish Gaelic:
lach-Cholbhasach (Tiree)
— duck of genus Somateria
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Spanish:
eider
— duck of genus Somateria
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Swedish:
ejder
— duck of genus Somateria
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Turkish:
pufla
— duck of genus Somateria
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Ukrainian:
га́га
(háha)
— duck of genus Somateria
