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teal (iou) and thanksgiving (oh)


teal (iou)



teal noun. [ti:l] Pl. -s, same. ME.
[Origin unkn.: rel. to Middle Low German telink, Middle Dutch teling, teiling (Dutch teling).]
Any of several small dabbling ducks of the genus Anas and related genera; esp. A. crecca (also green-winged teal), which breeds in Eurasia and N. America, the male of which has a chestnut head with a green stripe, and the N. American A. discors (in full blue-winged teal), the male of which has a grey head with a white crescent. ME.
falcated teal, Laysan teal, summer teal, winter teal, etc.
The flesh of a teal as Food. LME.
A dark greenish-blue colour resembling the colour of the teal's head and wing patches. E20.
Comb.: teal blue (of) a dark greenish-blue colour.
tealery noun a place in which teals are kept and reared L19.

thanksgiving (oh)



an expression of thanks to God