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pochard

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po·chard  (pchrd)
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.
[Origin unknown.]
pochard [ˈpəʊtʃəd]
n pl -chards, -chard
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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
[of unknown origin]
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Noun1.pochard - heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish headpochard - 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
Related words
collective nouns flight, bunch, rush, knob
Translations
pochard [ˈpəʊtʃəd] N → porrón m común
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