Teal Definition

tēl
teals
noun
teals
Any of several small, short-necked, freshwater wild ducks (genus Anas)
Webster's New World
A dark greenish-blue or grayish-blue color.
Webster's New World
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adjective
(colour) Having a bluish-green colour.
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abbreviation
(historical) Tasman Empire Airways Limited, the forerunner to Air New Zealand.
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Other Word Forms of Teal

Noun

Singular:
teal
Plural:
teals

Origin of Teal

  • Probably from an unrecorded Old English word cognate with Middle Dutch teling (“teal") Middle Low German telink, from West Germanic *taili. As the name of a shade of dark greenish-blue like the color patterns on the fowl's head and wings, it is attested from 1923.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English tele

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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