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pochard
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pochard has 1 sense
- pochard(n = noun.animal) aythya ferina - heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head; Array is a kind of duck
is a member of aythya, genus aythya
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pochard, n. any duck of the genus Aythya, esp. A. ferina, the male of which has a bright reddish-brown head and neck and a grey breast.
Etymology
16th c.: orig. unkn.
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