Definitions for pochard

pochard po·chard

Spelling: [poh-cherd, -kerd]
IPA: /ˈpoʊ tʃərd, -kərd/

Pochard is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 201 anagrams from letters in pochard (acdhopr).

Definitions for pochard

noun

  1. an Old World diving duck, Aythya ferina, having a chestnut-red head.
  2. any of various related ducks, as the American redhead.

Origin of pochard

First recorded in 1545-55; origin uncertain

Examples for pochard

Mistrial had served his novitiate where the pochard is rare.

They are very similar to those of the pochard, but the down tufts in the nest are darker.

Another of the wild ducks which visited us was the pochard or dunbird.

We killed ninety-six, mostly wigeon and pochard, a few mallard and teal, besides twenty snipe.

A month later, however (in May), we obtained nests both of this pochard and of the Gadwall, both built among rushes on dry ground.

Anybody with an eye to see could tell that in his youth he must have been as redheaded, as a pochard drake.

In addition we got some grey duck, gadwall, and a number of garganey and pochard.

pochard - 140 -saw you eating it half an hour ago as he passed.

In winter the pochard was abundant on the coast, but as it was one of the shyest of fowl it was always difficult to approach.

Another of the well-known marine ducks is the pochard, or dun-bird.

Word Value for pochard
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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