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atteal Ornith.|ˈætiːl|
Also 7 atteille, ateil, awteal(e, 9 a-teal.
A species of duck of the Orkney and Shetland Isles, identified by some with the Widgeon.
1600Act 16 Jas. VI, xxiii, Termigants, wyld-Dukes, Teilles, Atteilles, Goldings..or any sic kynde of fowlles. 1653Urquhart Rabelais i. xxxvii, River-fowle, teales and awteales. 1809A. Edmondston Zetland Isl. II. 255 (Jam.) Anas Ferina, A-teal, Pochard, Great-headed Wigeon. 1813Low Fauna Orcad. 145 (Jam.) Another bird of the teal-kind here called Atteal..is very small, brown or dusky above, and a yellowish belly. |