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Definition of Eiders
1. eider [n] - See also: eider
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eiders
Literary usage of Eiders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Concepts and Cases by Julian Inglis (1993)
"Less frequently, dead eiders are also encountered along the eastern shores ...
Numbers of dead eiders have also been found in the southeastern sector of the ..."
2. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"They are said to feed in rather deeper water than the other eiders, and Mr.
Norton has recorded the fact that certain individuals had been eating ..."
3. Our Feathered Game: A Handbook of the North American Game Birds by Dwight Williams Huntington (1903)
"The old-squaw, the coots, and the eiders are in the habit of remaining on the
waves some distance from the shore, and since they are expert divers, ..."
4. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1847)
"eiders the foregoing statement, will see that there is dignas vindice nodus; and
that not to see the hand of God in this ..."
5. A Compendium of Irish Biography: Comprising Sketches of Distinguished by Alfred John Webb (1878)
"... cause of so much misery, is said by some to be still extant in the possession
of the lineal descendant of the O'Donnells. Dr. Reeves con- eiders that ..."
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