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Teal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Teal has 2 senses
- teal(n = noun.attribute) blue green, bluish green - a blue-green color or pigment; "they painted it a light shade of bluish green" is a kind of green, greenness, viridity
- teal(n = noun.animal) Array - any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America; Array is a kind of duck
has particulars: cyan
Derived form adjective teal1
is a member of anas, genus anas
has particulars: anas crecca, green-winged teal, greenwing, anas discors, blue-winged teal, bluewing, anas querquedula, garganey
Adjective Teal has 1 sense
- teal(s = adj.all) blue-green, bluish green, cyan - of a bluish shade of green; Array Derived form noun teal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Teal, n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a generation, production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E. till to cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or flock. See Till to cultivate.].
Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion . The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings. [1913 Webster]
" The common European teal (Anas crecca ) and the European blue-winged teal, or garganey (Anas querquedula or Anas circia ), are well-known species. In America the blue-winged teal (Anas discors ), the green-winged teal (Anas Carolinensis ), and the cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera ) are common species, valued as game birds. See Garganey ."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Teal, n. (pl. same)
1 any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas, esp. A. crecca.
2 a dark greenish-blue colour.
1 any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas, esp. A. crecca.
2 a dark greenish-blue colour.
Etymology
rel. to MDu. teling, of unkn. orig.
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