pochard

American  

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

noun

plural

pochards,

plural

pochard

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

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.

Red′-head, a person with red hair: the pochard, a red-headed duck.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

The mallard, gadwall, widgeon, pintail, the various species of pochard and the common teal are rapidly disappearing.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas