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.
| 1693 J. Wallace Orkney 16 Plenty both of wild and tame fowls..Dunter-Goose, Claik-Goose. 1768 Wales 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. 1866 Crichton Nat. Rambles Orcades 97 We could distinguish one eider duck or dunter, as they are here termed. |
2. A porpoise (Northumbld. and south Scotld.).
| 1825 in Jamieson. 1825 in Brockett N.C. Gloss. |