teal

teal
teal (n.) "small freshwater duck," early 14c., probably from an unrecorded Old English word cognate with M.Du. teling "teal," M.L.G. telink, from W.Gmc. *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.

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