EIDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eider mean? 

• EIDER (noun)
  The noun EIDER has 1 sense:

1. duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females

  Familiarity information: EIDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EIDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

eider; eider duck

Hypernyms ("eider" is a kind of...):

sea duck (any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser)

Meronyms (parts of "eider"):

eiderdown (down of the eider duck)

Holonyms ("eider" is a member of...):

genus Somateria; Somateria (eider ducks)