Etymology

becard

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Today it means: A South American flycatcher of the genus Pachyramphus. Full definition →

French bécard
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  1. French · borrowed frombécard
  2. English todaybecard

From French bécard, bécarde, beccard (“a merganser with a prominent beak”), equivalent to bec (“beak”) + -ard.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.