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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POCHARD

POCHARD Po "chard, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: See Poachard.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pochard

po chard |ˈpōCHərd ˈpoʊtʃərd | ▶noun ( pl. same or pochards ) a diving duck, the male of which typically has a reddish-brown head and a black breast. [Genera Aythya and Netta, family Anatidae: five species, in particular the common A. ferina of Eurasia. ] ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

pochard

pochard |ˈpɒtʃəd, ˈpəʊtʃəd | ▶noun ( pl. same or pochards ) a diving duck, the male of which typically has a reddish-brown head and a black breast. ●Genera Aythya and Netta, family Anatidae: five species, in particular the common A. ferina of Eurasia. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.