pochard
noun
an Old World diving duck, Aythya ferina, having a chestnut-red head.
pochards
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pluralof pochard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These Madagascar pochards are the results of a breeding programme that's hoping to save the rare birds from extinction.
From Children's BBC ● Apr. 6, 2012
All sorts, lad: widgeons, teal, mallards, and some pochards.
From Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp by George Manville Fenn
I became differently occupied, and with a matter that soon drove canvas-backs, and widgeons, and pochards as clean out of my head as if no such creatures had ever existed.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid
What a multitude of wild ducks there are in Scotland and every other country, mallards, pintails, gadwalls, widgeons, pochards and teals, all very much alike in their habits and tastes!
From Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Edward Hamilton Aitken
These were the pochards, or, as they are termed by the gunners of the Chesapeake, ‘red-heads.’
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid
