Hypertext Webster Gateway: "poachard"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Poachard \Poach"ard\, n. [From {Poach} to stab.] [Written also
{pocard}, {pochard}.] (Zo["o]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["o]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.


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