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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Teal  \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.]  (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. 
 
  Note:  The  common  European  teal  ({Anas  crecca})  and  the 
  European  blue-winged  teal,  or  garganey  ({A. 
  querquedula}  or  {A.  circia}),  are  well-known  species. 
  In  America  the  blue-winged  teal  ({A.  discors}),  the 
  green-winged  teal  ({A.  Carolinensis}),  and  the  cinnamon 
  teal  ({A.  cynaoptera})  are  common  species,  valued  as 
  game  birds.  See  {Garganey}. 
 
  {Goose  teal},  a  goslet.  See  {Goslet}. 
 
  {Teal  duck},  the  common  European  teal. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  teal 
  n  1:  a  shade  of  green  tinged  with  blue  [syn:  {bluish  green}] 
  2:  any  of  various  small  short-necked  dabbling  river  ducks  of 
  Europe  and  America




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