Definitions for pochardˈpoʊ tʃərd, -kərd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

po•chardˈpoʊ tʃərd, -kərd(n.)(pl.)-chards; -chard.

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

    Category: Ornithology

Origin of pochard:

1545–55; orig. uncert.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. pochard, Aythya ferina(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. pochard(Noun)

    Any of various ducks in the genera Aythya and Netta.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pochard(noun)

    see Poachard


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