Teal

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːl

Origin

Probably from an unrecorded Old English word cognate with Middle Dutch teling ("teal") Middle Low German telink, from *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.

Full definition 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

Anagrams

• et al., ETLA, late, leat, tael, tale, tela