eider

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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).

Έννοιες

σωματερία

είδος πάπιας

Συνώνυμα

eider duck

common eider

coot

shoveler

widgeon

wigeon

eider-down

old bag

beldam

European eider

beldame

Μεταφράσεις

eider

Eiderente

eidereend

eider à duvet

èider

eider

edredone

pufla

Somateria

pufla kuşu

somateria

eiders

edredone comune

Somateria mollissima

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈaɪdə/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Icelandic æðar, genitive of æðr, probably reaching English via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root.