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单词 atteal
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attealn.

/ˈatiːl/
Forms:

α. late Middle English antele (transmission error), late Middle English autele, late Middle English awtele; Scottish pre-1700 awteale, 1800s awteal.

β. late Middle English attele; Scottish pre-1700 ataile, pre-1700 ateall, pre-1700 ateill, pre-1700 atteill, pre-1700 attell, 1700s–1800s attile, 1700s– atteal, 1800s ateal, 1800s atteile.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, teal n.
Etymology: Apparently < a first element of uncertain origin + teal n.With the first element pehaps compare Old Icelandic á river, and its cognates in other Scandinavian languages (see aa n.1).
Ornithology.
A species of duck of the Orkney and Shetland Isles, identified by some with the Widgeon.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas penelope (Eurasian widgeon)
wigeon1508
winder1542
atteal1600
smeath1622
smee1668
whistling duck1699
whima1705
white-face1709
poacher1888
1600 Act 16 Jas. VI xxiii Termigants, wyld-Dukes, Teilles, Atteilles, Goldings..or any sic kynde of fowlles.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxxvii. 169 River-fowle, teales and awteales.
a1795 G. Low Fauna Orcadensis (1813) 145 (Jam.) Another bird of the teal-kind here called Atteal..is very small, brown or dusky above, and a yellowish belly.
1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands II. 255 (Jam.) Anas Ferina, A-teal, Pochard, Great-headed Wigeon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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