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Teal

Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.

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📖 Definitions of "Teal"

noun

1
Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
2
A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.

adjective

1
Having a bluish-green colour

🔄 Synonyms of "Teal"

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Word	Definition
bluish greennoun	a shade of green tinged with blue

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Teal"

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Word	Definition
bluish greennoun	a shade of green tinged with blue
drakenoun	A male duck.
turquoisenoun	(countable and uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
ducknoun	An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
brown tealnoun	A member of the dabbling duck subfamily endemic to New Zealand; Anas chlorotis.
hottentot tealnoun	Anas hottentota, a species of dabbling duck.
gray tealnoun	Alternative form of grey teal. [A species of dabbling duck, Anas gracilis, found in open wetlands in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Indonesia.]
common tealnoun	Synonym of Eurasian teal.
pintail ducknoun	Any of a group of dabbling ducks, all in genus Anas, having a characteristic pointed tail.
grey tealnoun	A species of dabbling duck, Anas gracilis, found in open wetlands in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Indonesia.
dabbling ducknoun	One of the ducks of species in subfamily Anatinae, that feed by dabbling in shallow water, including mallards and teals.
tree ducknoun	Any of the birds in the genus Dendrocygna of whistling ducks, which are in the family Anatidae with the ducks, geese and swans, but in their own subfamily.
piketailnoun	(dialect or archaic) The pintail duck.
brazilian ducknoun	Synonym of Brazilian teal.
squawk ducknoun	Synonym of Baikal teal.
eurasian tealnoun	Anas crecca, a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Palearctic and migrates south in winter.
spiketailnoun	A dragonfly of family Cordulegastridae
speckled tealnoun	Anas flavirostris, a South American teal.
brazilian tealnoun	The duck Amazonetta brasiliensis.
pintailnoun	A pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail.