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po·chard

(pō′chərd)

Any of various diving ducks of the widely distributed genera Aythya and Netta, especially A. ferina, which has gray and black plumage and a reddish head.

[Origin unknown.]

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pochard

(ˈpəʊtʃəd)

n, pl -chards or -chard

(Animals) 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

[C16: of unknown origin]

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po•chard

(ˈpoʊ tʃərd, -kərd)

n., pl. -chards, (esp. collectively) -chard.

any of various Old World diving ducks of the genus Aythya, esp. A. ferina, having a chestnut-red head.

[1545–55; orig. uncertain]

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Noun

pochard - heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head

Aythya ferina

duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

Aythya, genus Aythya - canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.

pochard

noun

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collective nouns flight, bunch, rush, knob

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Tafelente

milouin

pochard

[ˈpəʊtʃəd] N → porrón m común

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