becard

[ bek-erd, buh-kahrd ]

noun

1. any of several passerine birds of the genus Pachyramphus, of the American tropics, having large heads and swollen bills, and variously classified with the flycatchers or the cotingas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of becard¹

< French bécard, beccard a merganser with a prominent beak, equivalent to bec beak + -ard -ard

Example Sentences

“I think it’s all going in the right direction. It’s all positive and clever,” said Francis Becard, 57, head of the School of Business and Management in Troyes, east of Paris.

From Washington Times

Some believe that while Mr Strauss-Kahn's conduct may have been distasteful, the investigation's case was simply "poorly put together", as Bruno Becard puts it in La Nouvelle Republique du Centre Ouest.

From BBC

A revision of the rose-throated becard.

From Project Gutenberg

"What has Becard in the Salon?"

From Project Gutenberg

Except, that is, for the rose-throated becard, an elusive bird known to nest farther upriver near Roma, which is where I was headed the next morning.

From New York Times