Found 2 items, similar to teal.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: teal
teal
adj : a bluish shade of green [syn:
bluish green,
blue-green,
cyan]
teal
n 1: a shade of green tinged with blue;
“they painted it a light
shade of bluish green” [syn:
bluish green,
blue-green]
2: any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of
Europe and America
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Teal
Teal
\Teal\ (t[=e]l), 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.] (Zo["o]l.)
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]
Note: 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]
Goose teal, a goslet. See
Goslet.
Teal duck, the common European teal.
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