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king eider

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A large sea duck that breeds along Arctic coasts, Somateria spectabilis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

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10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aleut: saakux̂ — Somateria spectabilis
  • Chukchi: еӄагатԓе (eqagatḷe) — Somateria spectabilis
  • Faroese: æðukongur — Somateria spectabilis
  • Finnish: kyhmyhaahka — Somateria spectabilis
  • Greenlandic: qingalik — Somateria spectabilis
  • Icelandic: æðarkóngur — Somateria spectabilis
  • Japanese: 毛綿鴨 (kewatagamo) — Somateria spectabilis
  • Russian: га́га-гребену́шка (gága-grebenúška) — Somateria spectabilis
  • Northern Sami: áhpehávda — Somateria spectabilis
  • Swedish: praktejder — Somateria spectabilis