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eiderduck

eiderduck noun: an eider.

Noun

eiderduck (plural eiderducks)

  1. An eider.
    • Free and happy as a bird I flew over the billows, in the pilot's light yawl we cruised about among the skerries shooting ducks, eider-ducks, and seals, in his deck-boat we steered out far to sea trolling for mackerel, and when he got a ship to pilot in, I sailed the boat home, sometimes alone...1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 181

Forms of eiderduck

pluraleiderducks

Origin of eiderduck

From eider + duck.

Questions about eiderduck

What does eiderduck mean?
Eiderduck means an eider.
What part of speech is eiderduck?
Eiderduck is a noun.
What is the plural of eiderduck?
The plural of eiderduck is eiderducks.

Words near eiderduck in the dictionary

  1. eider duck
  2. eider geese
  3. eider goose
  4. eiderdown
  5. eiderdowns
  6. eiderduck
  7. eiderducks
  8. eiders
  9. eidetic
  10. eidetic memories
  11. eidetic memory

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