pochards
- plural of pochard.
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
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 Reid, Mayne
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 Reid, Mayne
All sorts, lad: widgeons, teal, mallards, and some pochards.
From Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp by Fenn, George Manville
When all was ready the pochards were frightened off the water.
From The Confessions of a Poacher by Anonymous
