Pronunciations (4)
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/ˈaɪdə/
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- UK
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/ˈaɪdɚ/
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- General-American
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ˈaɪdə
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- GB
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ˈaɪdɚ
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- US
Noun
Any of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).
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Noun
duck of the Northern Hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
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