pocan

[Etym. doubtful.) (See the compound.) pocan-bush, s. Bot .: Phytol acc a decandra. põçh-ard, põaçh-ard, s . (3); -ard (q.v.).] [Eng. *poche, poach 1. Ornith.: Fuligula or Anas ferina . It is ashy, narrowly striated with black, the head and top of the neck red, the lower part of the neck and the back brown, the bill of a lead color. It is found in the north of Europe (including Britain) and America, building among reeds. Its cry has been compared to a serpent's hi . Its flight is more rapid than that of the wild duck, and a flock of them in the air takes the form of a platoon rather than of a triangle. †2. The sub-family Fuliguline.