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Webster 1913 Edition
Teal
Teal
(tēl)
, Noun.
[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.] (Zool.)
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. ☞ 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
. Definition 2024
teal
teal
See also: TEAL
English
Anas crecca, the common teal
Alternative forms
- teale (obsolete)
Noun
teal (plural teals)
- Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
- A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.
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teal colour:
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Translations
duck
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colour
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Adjective
teal (comparative more teal, superlative most teal)
- Having a bluish-green colour
Translations
colour
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See also
| Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text) | ||||
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| red | green | yellow | cream | white |
| crimson | magenta | teal | lime | pink |
| indigo | blue | orange | gray, grey | violet |
| black | purple | brown | azure, sky blue | cyan |
- (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues)