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plural teal or teals
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: any of various widely distributed small short-necked dabblers (genus Anas) compare blue-winged teal, green-winged teal
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James Gentz has seen birds aplenty on his East Texas rice-and-crawfish farm: snow geese and pintails, spoonbills and teal.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
Instead, a palette of silver, midnight blue, and white, or perhaps electric teal and charcoal gray, might evoke progress, neutrality, and a break from legacy branding.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Other bold pops of teal make their mark on the chronograph dial markers.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
The Cuban teal is closely related to the Brazilian teal.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
Instead, a palette of silver, midnight blue, and white, or perhaps electric teal and charcoal gray, might evoke progress, neutrality, and a break from legacy branding.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Other bold pops of teal make their mark on the chronograph dial markers.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
The Cuban teal is closely related to the Brazilian teal.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
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“Teal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teal. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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