单词 | dunter goose |
释义 | > as lemmasdunter goose 1. The eider, Somateria mollissima. Also more fully dunter duck, dunter goose. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Somateria > somateria mollissima (eider) St. Cuthbert's duck1674 duntera1688 eider-duck1744 sea-duck1753 a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 16 Plenty both of wild and tame fowls..Dunter-Goose, Claik-Goose. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. ii.* 49 The Duntur haunts the May. 1743 J. Isham Observ. Hudsons Bay (1949) 122 Dunter geese..are more proper [sic] Dunter Ducks,..they are brown all over (the hens).., the Cock's are motled black & white. 1771 W. Wales in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 126 There are various sorts of the geese, as..the brant, the dunter..The gander of the dunter kind is..one of the most beautiful feathered birds that I have ever seen. 1809 Scots Mag. Apr. 2441/ Above a dozen of Eider-ducks, here called Dunters, (a rare species), were brought to market. 1866 A. W. Crichton Naturalist's Ramble Orcades 97 We could distinguish one eider duck or dunter, as they are here termed. 1911 J. Omond Orkney 80 Years Ago 5/3 The dunter duck scurrying off its nest at our approach. 1976 R. Bulter Shaela 25 Naethin muvs bit da dunters sweemin by. 1997 Shetland Times 10 Oct. 23/3 Some herring gulls temporarily defend small groups of feeding dunters from competitors. 2007 New Writing Scotl. 25 37 A hen dunter trötled tae her young-eens i da ebb. < as lemmas |
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