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Aythya ferina (common pochard)

Apparently originally from poach (“to poke”) +‎ -ard. Compare poker.

pochard (plural pochards)

  1. Any of various diving ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae (genera Aythya and Netta), especially the common pochard, Aythya ferina.

duck

From poche +‎ -ard.

pochard m (plural pochards, feminine pocharde)

  1. (colloquial) drunk, drunkard