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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 teal /ˈti(ə)l/
 水鴨

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Teal n.  Zool. Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings.
 Note: ☞ The common European teal (Anas crecca) and the European blue-winged teal, or garganey (Anas querquedula or Anas circia), are well-known species. In America the blue-winged teal (Anas discors), the green-winged teal (Anas Carolinensis), and the cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera) are common species, valued as game birds. See Garganey.
 Goose teal, a goslet. See Goslet.
 Teal duck, the common European teal.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 teal
      adj : a bluish shade of green [syn: bluish green, blue-green,
            cyan]
      n 1: a shade of green tinged with blue; "they painted it a light
           shade of bluish green" [syn: bluish green, blue-green]
      2: any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of
         Europe and America