Definition of Somateria

1. Noun. Eider ducks.

Exact synonyms: Genus Somateria
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Anatidae, Family Anatidae
Member holonyms: Eider, Eider Duck

Lexicographical Neighbors of Somateria

Solway Firth
Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsynian
Somal
Somali peninsula
Somalian
Somalian monetary unit
Somalian shilling
Somalians
Somaliland
Somalis
Somals
Somasian
Somateria (current term)
Somerset
Somerset Maugham
Somersetshire
Somerville
Somethingism
Somme
Somme River
Somogyi
Somogyi effect
Somogyi method
Somogyi phenomenon
Somogyi unit
Somrai
Son

Literary usage of Somateria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"Somateria mollissima. Bonap. Comp. List, 57. Male with the frontal angles of the bill very narrow and, though fleshy, little elevated; the head black above, ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1900)
"... OF THE KING EIDER (Somateria SPECTABILIS). BY ARTHUR H. NORTON. IN A private letter written to me by Mr. Fred Rackliff from Big Green Island, Knox Co., ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"... and Somateria—accompanying the remains of Seals, from the Pleistocene Brick-clays of ... Somateria ..."

4. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1895)
"Somateria LEACH, in Ross's Voy. Disc. 1819, App. p. xlviii. ... Somateria mollissima borealis AE BREHM, Verz. Samml. Eur. Vog. 1866, 14. ..."

5. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Somateria LEACH, in Ross, Voyage Discovery, 1819, App., xlviii. Type, by subs. desig., ... [Somateria mollissima mollissima. Extralimital.] I'. ..."

6. The Philosophy of Zoology: Or, A General View of the Structure, Functions by John Fleming (1822)
"Somateria. (Leach). Eider. Base of the bill extending up the forehead, and divided by a triangular projection of feathers. ..."

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