单词 | common pochard |
释义 | > as lemmascommon pochard Any member of the tribe Aythyini of diving ducks, which have the legs set far back below a heavy body, the male in many instances having a reddish-brown head and a black breast; esp. (more fully common pochard) the Eurasian duck Aythya ferina. red-crested pochard: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya americana (red(-)head) pochard1552 wigeon1668 redhead1709 pochard duck1829 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya ferina (pochard) pochard1552 dunbird1587 smeath1622 red-headed wigeon1668 smee1668 wigeon1668 gold head1704 dun cur1802 redhead1816 red-headed pochard1824 pochard duck1829 smee-duck1862 well plum1862 α. β. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A bird called a pocard.1675 P. Dent Let. 15 Feb. in J. Ray et al. Philos. Lett. (1718) 21 I have put up in a Box some Water Fowl, viz. a Pocker, a Smew,..a Widgeon, and a Whewer.1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 367 The Poker.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pocard, a kind of water-fowl.1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. vii. 431 The Poker, the Shelden, or Golden Eye, and the Shoveler, are by Writers usually placed amongst the Sea-Ducks.1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds III. 233 The Pochard, or Dun-bird, for this species is known by various names, as Red-headed Poker, and Red-eyed Poker..is a winter visiter to this country.1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 734 Pochard, Pockard or Poker, names properly belonging to the male of a species of Duck (the female of which is known as the Dunbird).1895 A. Patterson Man & Nature on Broads 85 We blazed away several times, pickin' up near twenty pokers (pochards).1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Boscha, a water foule like to a ducke, but somwhat lesse: I iudge it a pocharde. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Albrent,..a Pochard. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 367 The Poker, or Pochard, or great read-headed Wigeon. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 431 The Anas, with grey wings, and a black rump. The Pochard. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Poachard, a kind of water fowl. 1882 J. A. Lees & W. J. Clutterbuck Three in Norway viii. 65 A brood of pochards under the leadership of the old duck. 1898 O. Davie Nests & Eggs N. Amer. Birds (1900) 86 The Redhead or Poachard..is a common duck throughout North America. 1910 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 749/2 During these winter days one is certain to see many and various ducks. Widgeon, pochard, and golden-eye are regularly to be noticed. 1958 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VII. 81 Eastwards of Spain we find the red-crested pochard breeding in some numbers about the Rhône Delta in southern France. 1961 O. L. Austin Birds of World 69/1 While pochards usually nest on fresh waters, most of them move to salt or brackish waters in winter. 1994 I. Sinclair Field Guide Birds Southern Afr. 68 The female Southern Pochard has a vertical crescent under the eye. < as lemmas |
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