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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Poachard \Poach"ard\, n. [From {Poach} to stab.] [Written also {pocard}, {pochard}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common European duck ({Aythya ferina}); -- called also {goldhead}, {poker}, and {fresh-water, [or] red-headed}, {widgeon}. (b) The American redhead, which is closely allied to the European poachard. {Red-crested poachard} (Zo[94]l.), an Old World duck ({Branta rufina}). {Scaup poachard}, the scaup duck. {Tufted poachard}, a scaup duck ({Aythya, [or] Fuligula cristata}), native of Europe and Asia. | |
