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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Any of various diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. ferina of Europe and Asia, which has gray and black plumage and a reddish head.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A duck, Fuligula or Æthyia ferina, belonging to the family Anatidæ and subfamily Fuligulinæ more fully called the red-headed or red-eyed pochard, also dunbird. This duck is very common in Europe and many other parts of the Old World, and a variety or very closely related species, F. or Æ. americana, is equally so in North America, and known as the redhead. In the male the head is putty, and with the neck is rich chestnut-red with coppery or bronzy reflections. The lower neck, foreparts of the body above and below, and rump and tail-coverts are black. The back is white, finely vermiculated with wavy or zigzag black lines. The bill is dull-blue with a black belt at the end, and the feet are grayish-blue with dusky webs. The eyes are orange. The female has the head dull-brown. The length is from 20 to 23 inches, the extent of wings about 33 inches. The pochard is a near relative of the canvasback. The name is extended to some or all of the species of Fuligula in a broad sense : as, the white-eyed pochard. See cuts under Nyroca, redhead, and scaup.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Any of various ducks in the genera Aythya and Netta.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) See poachard.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head

Etymologies

  1. Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Confirming the presence or absence of any of these animals, particularly the pochard, is difficult however as ‘the marsh is so extensive and difficult to travel in that the duck could easily go undetected inside it’ (Young & Smith 1989, p. 23).”

    The Madagascar pochard returns

  • “Important breeding wetland species include marbled teal Marmaronetta angustirostris (VU,35), white-headed duck Oxyura leucocephala (EN,400, which nest mainly in artificial ponds in surrounding areas), white-eyed pochard Aythya niroca (VU), purple gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio and crested coot Fulica cristata.”

    Doñana National Park, Spain

  • “Nine of the critically endangered species targeted by the grants are reptiles, including the Siamese crocodile, Antiguan racer, and river terrapin; seven are birds, including the Siberian crane, Polynesian ground-dove, and Madagascar pochard; and five are mammals, including the giant sable and the duiker, in addition to the Ethiopian wolf.”

    Salazar Announces Nearly $650 Thousand in Grants to Conserve Critically Endangered Wildlife Around the Globe

  • “I think that the latter point is significant here, as the posts on eagle owls, phorusrhacids, the Madagascar pochard, and the 10 bird meme were not spin-offs of my own ideas, but were instead initiated by the writings of others.”

    Happy first birthday Tetrapod Zoology (part II)

  • “Other notable species include South American pochard Netta erythrophthalma and golden-plumed conure Leptosittaca branickii (VU).”

    Rio Abiseo National Park, Peru

  • “High records for common pochard and greylag goose Anser anser (3,200: 18,000 in the 1970s) show that Ichkeul is their most important wintering site in northwest Africa. 600 (4% of known world population) of the threatened white-headed duck Oxyura leucocephala, were seen in 1977.”

    Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia

  • “The most numerous species are wigeon Anas penelope (39,000: 112,000 in the1970s), common pochard Aythya ferina (120,000 in 1971) and coot Fulica atra (36,000: 188,000 in 1973).”

    Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia

  • “In the east, the Madagascar pochard (Aythya innotata) has only been recorded three times since 1960; the Alaotra grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus, CR) has not been confirmed in the last decade.”

    Biological diversity in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands

  • “So back to the latest news from the world of pochards: the amazing rediscovery of the Madagascar pochard, also known as the Madagascar white-eye.”

    The Madagascar pochard returns

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  1. duck

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  1. blue-poker
  2. poachard
  3. pocard
  1. redhead
  2. dunbird
  3. doucker
  1. vare-headed
  2. nyroca
  3. poker
  1. red-crested
  2. snuff-headed
  3. duncur
  1. genus aythya
  2. aythya
  3. grayback
  1. pochard
  2. smee

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