Definitions for eiders

eiders ei·der

Spelling: [ahy-der]
IPA: /ˈaɪ dər/

Eiders is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in eiders (deeirs).

Definitions for eiders

noun

  1. eider duck.
  2. eiderdown.

Origin of eiders

1735-45; Icelandic æthar (in 18th century spelled ædar), genitive singular of æthur eider duck, in phrase ædar dūnn down of the eider duck; spelling eider German or Swedish

Examples for eiders

On one island, that of Isafjardarjup, the eider ducks are said to nest in thousands.

Then I bought a square Lapp cap, the top filled with eider down.

The feathers sought were those of the Labrador Duck and the eider.

There, he is in place—an eagle in a nest lined with down, soft as eider.

Therefore he is sometimes called Mitiling (with eider ducks).

The rudder was nothing much, but it was well that it held to the eider.

That is to say, it was really nothing more than the wing of an eider duck.

It obtains most of its food by diving, and, like the eider, often comes shorewards with the tide.

That passage to the Schleswig coast—the eider River, did you say?

And there was no need, because my taking the eider explained it.'

Word Value for eiders
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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