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TEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does teal mean? 

TEAL (noun)
  The noun TEAL has 2 senses:

1. a blue-green color or pigmentplay

2. any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and Americaplay

  Familiarity information: TEAL used as a noun is rare.


TEAL (adjective)
  The adjective TEAL has 1 sense:

1. of a bluish shade of greenplay

  Familiarity information: TEAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TEAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A blue-green color or pigment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

blue green; bluish green; teal

Context example:

they painted it a light shade of bluish green

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)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)


TEAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a bluish shade of green

Synonyms:

blue-green; bluish green; cyan; teal

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

teal (a blue-green color or pigment)


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