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"We eat breakfast at seven o'clock, lunch at twelve o'clock and dinner at six o'clock." — Yuut Qanemciit (Tennant and Bitar eds. 1995 [1981]), [ 6 ] The Nunivak Eskimos ( Nuniwarmiut in Cup'ig, Nunivaarmiut in Yup'ik and Cup'ik) eat frequently in the course of a 24-hour period.
Common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in the breeding season on Texel, the Netherlands. The common eider (pronounced / ˈ aɪ. d ər /) (Somateria mollissima), also called St. Cuthbert's duck or Cuddy's duck, is a large (50–71 cm (20–28 in) in body length) sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia.
The eiders (/ ˈ aɪ. d ər /) are large seaducks in the genus Somateria.The three extant species all breed in the cooler latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. [2]The down feathers of eider ducks and some other ducks and geese, are used to fill pillows and quilts—they have given the name to the type of quilt known as an eiderdown.
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The spectacled eider (pronounced / ˈ aɪ. d ər /) (Somateria fischeri) is a large sea duck that breeds on the coasts of Alaska and northeastern Siberia. The spectacled eider is slightly smaller than the common eider at 52–57 cm (20–22 inches) in length. The male is unmistakable with its black body, white back, and yellow-green head with ...
Eider may also refer to: Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri) of the duck subfamily Merginae; Eider (river), in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Eider (Amt Kirchspielslandgemeinde), a collective municipality in Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Eider (brand), Korean company; Surnames. Max Eider (born Peter Millson), a guitarist and songwriter
The king eider (pronounced / ˈ aɪ. d ər /) (Somateria spectabilis) is a large sea duck that breeds along Northern Hemisphere Arctic coasts of northeast Europe, North America and Asia. The birds spend most of the year in coastal marine ecosystems at high latitudes, and migrate to Arctic tundra to breed in June and July.