DictionaryRoot: tele
Middle English
tele
teal duck
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noun
teal
A small freshwater duck.
Etymology
The Middle English bird-name survives in the modern word. Its deeper ancestry is uncertain, but the waterbird sense is the older familiar use.
teal duck
A small freshwater duck.
The Middle English bird-name survives in the modern word. Its deeper ancestry is uncertain, but the waterbird sense is the older familiar use.