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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -zeider-, *zeider*
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WordNet (3.0)
eider(n) duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females, Syn. eider duck
eiderdown(n) a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider, Syn. duvet, continental quilt
eiderdown(n) down of the eider duck

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Eider

n. [ Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel æ&unr_;r; akin to Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl. ] (Zoöl.) Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species. [ 1913 Webster ]


Eider down. [ Cf. Icel. æðardūn, Sw. eiderdūn, Dan. ederduun. ] Down of the eider duck, much sought after as an article of luxury.
[ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Eiderente { f } [ ornith. ]Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) [Add to Longdo]

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