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

By the first of November brahminy duck, gadwall, common teal, widgeon, shovellers and the various species of pochard abound.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas

Dun′-bird, the pochard; Dun′-cow, the shagreen ray; Dun′-dīv′er, the merganser; Dun′-fish, codfish cured by dunning.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Scaup, skawp, n. a sea-duck of genus Aythya, of northern regions, related to the pochard.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various