| 单词 |
dunter |
| 释义 |
dunter local.|ˈdʌntə(r)| [In sense 1 prob., in 2 certainly, f. dunt v.1] 1. A local name of the eider-duck (app. originally in Orkney and Shetland). Also dunter-goose, dunter-duck.
1693J. Wallace Orkney 16 Plenty both of wild and tame fowls..Dunter-Goose, Claik-Goose. 1768Wales in Phil. Trans. LX. 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. 1866Crichton Nat. Rambles Orcades 97 We could distinguish one eider duck or dunter, as they are here termed. 2. A porpoise (Northumbld. and south Scotld.).
1825in Jamieson. 1825in Brockett N.C. Gloss. |

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