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Eider

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Eiders are large seaducks in the genus Somateria. [1]

17 relations: Ancient Greek, Common eider, Down feather, Feliks Paweł Jarocki, Fossil, Frankie Howerd, Kazakhstan, King eider, Mergini, Miocene, Oligocene, Pantomime dame, Pliocene, Quilt, Spectacled eider, Steller's eider, William Elford Leach.

Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Common eider

The common eider (pronounced) (Somateria mollissima) is a large (in body length) sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia.

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Down feather

The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers.

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Feliks Paweł Jarocki

Feliks Paweł Jarocki (Pacanów, 14 January 1790 – 25 March 1865, Warsaw) was a Polish zoologist and entomologist.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis; literally, "obtained by digging") is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Frankie Howerd

Francis Alick "Frankie" Howerd, (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992) was an English comedian and comic actor whose career, described by fellow comedian Barry Cryer as "a series of comebacks", spanned six decades.

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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan,; kəzɐxˈstan), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Respýblıkasy; Respublika Kazakhstan), is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of.

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King eider

The king eider (pronounced) (Somateria spectabilis) is a large sea duck that breeds along Northern Hemisphere Arctic coasts of northeast Europe, North America and Asia.

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Mergini

The seaducks (Mergini) are a tribe of the duck subfamily of birds, the Anatinae.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Pantomime dame

A pantomime dame is a traditional role in British pantomime.

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Pliocene

The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) Epoch is the epoch in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years BP.

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Quilt

A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of three layers of fiber: a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back, combined using the technique of quilting, the process of sewing the three layers together.

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Spectacled eider

The spectacled eider (pronounced) (Somateria fischeri) is a large sea duck that breeds on the coasts of Alaska and northeastern Siberia.

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Steller's eider

The Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri) is a smallish sea duck that breeds along the Arctic coasts of eastern Siberia and Alaska.

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William Elford Leach

William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eider

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