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  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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