Definition of Green-winged teal

1. Noun. Common teal of Eurasia and North America.

Exact synonyms: Anas Crecca, Greenwing
Generic synonyms: Teal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Green-winged Teal

green-diesel
green-eyed
green-eyed monster
green-fingered
green-ink brigade
green-ink letter
green-leek
green-light
green-stall
green-stalls
green-tailed towhee
green-to-green
green-veined white
green-veined whites
green-winged
green-winged teal (current term)
green-woodpecker
green 'un
green June beetle
green about the gills
green adder's mouth
green alder
green alga
green algae
green anaconda
green anole
green apple aphid
green around the gills
green arrow arum
green as a gooseberry

Literary usage of Green-winged teal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"AMERICAN green-winged teal. ANAS CAROLINENSIS, Steph. ... In this manner, at the first arrival of the green-winged teal in the Western Country, ..."

2. Feathered Game of the Northeast by Walter Herbert Rich (1907)
"THE green-winged teal. (Nettion carolinensis.) The Teals are among the smallest of their tribe, and among the finest in point of food qualities and in ..."

3. Wild Fowl Shooting: Containing Scientific and Practical Descriptions of Wild by William Bruce Leffingwell (1888)
"The green-winged teal are very similar to the Blue- winged Teal in their habits, but they are more hardy. They come later in the fall, and stay until the ..."

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