shoreyer n also shorier DC ~ Nf1d (1958-); for the form, cp LIVYER. American common eider (Somateria mollissima dresseri); SHORE1: ~ DUCK.
1918 TOWNSEND 301 This duck which is locally known as sea duck, laying duck, shoreyer, Eskimo duck, maynak, and metic, is everywhere diminishing in numbers. 1958 HARRINGTON 167 [They] immediately loaded their guns and went after the saltwater ducks or 'shoriers.' 1967 Bk of Nfld iii, 282 Common Eider: Gam-birds (from the social meeting of whalers at sea and because this species gathers in large flocks); Shoreyer (because they frequent the shore).
