pochard

American  

[poh-cherd, -kerd] / ˈpoʊ tʃərd, -kərd /

noun

pochards plural

1. an Old World diving duck, Aythya ferina, having a chestnut-red head.

2. any of various related ducks, as the American redhead.

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pochard British  

/ ˈpəʊtʃəd /

noun

1. any of various diving ducks of the genera Aythya and Netta, esp A. ferina of Europe, the male of which has a grey-and-black body and a reddish head

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Etymology

Origin of pochard

First recorded in 1545–55; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Scientists are studying the Madagascar pochard population to work out why they're so rare.

From Children's BBC • Apr. 6, 2012

Back too are the famed swans, as well as less common birds such as the pochard, a type of duck, and the dunlin, a sandpiper.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the autumn the lakes in this neighbourhood are the resort of large packs of wigeon, gadwall and pochard.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth

They are the pochard, or, as we call them here, pokers.

From John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by Kingston, William Henry Giles

There proved to be several varieties of duck among the countless flocks which I saw, notably mallard, teal, pochard, and shoveller.

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.