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TEAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("teal" is a kind of...):
duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "teal"):
Anas crecca; green-winged teal; greenwing (common teal of Eurasia and North America)
Anas discors; blue-winged teal; bluewing (American teal)
Anas querquedula; garganey (small Eurasian teal)
Holonyms ("teal" is a member of...):
Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A blue-green color or pigment
Example:
they painted it a light shade of bluish green
Synonyms:
blue green; bluish green; teal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("teal" is a kind of...):
green; greenness; viridity (green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "teal"):
cyan (a primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color)
Derivation:
teal (of a bluish shade of green)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a bluish shade of green
Synonyms:
blue-green; bluish green; cyan; teal
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
teal (a blue-green color or pigment)
