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CIDE DICTIONARY

poachard, n. [From Poach to stab.].

A common European duck (Aythya ferina); -- called also goldhead, poker, and fresh-water widgeon, or red-headed widgeon. [1913 Webster]

Red-crested poachard (Zoöl.), an Old World duck (Branta rufina). -- Scaup poachard, the scaup duck. -- Tufted poachard, a scaup duck (Aythya cristata, or Fuligula cristata), native of Europe and Asia.