Eiderduck
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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, sometimes in company with the pilot's boy."
Synonyms
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More examples"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, sometimes in company with the pilot's boy."
Etymology
From eider + duck.
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