Definition of "teal" []

• Any of several small, short-necked freshwater ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that feed on the surface of the water and often have brightly marked plumage. (noun)
• A moderate or dark bluish green to greenish blue. (noun)

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• "The word teal sounded just as odd, as foreign, as yoga."
• "The only way in the world to serve a canvas-back or a mallard, or a sprig, or even the toothsome teal, is as follows: The plucked bird should be stuffed with a tight handful of plain raw celery and, in a piping oven, roasted variously 8,9,10, or even 11 minutes, according to the size of bird and heat of oven."
• "They quickly proposed a Chadian husband for me, and showed me the Chadian version of the women's day wear -- it comes in teal there -- sweet!"