cinnamon teal

noun

1. a small, freshwater, wild duck, Anas cyanoptera, of North and South America, having chiefly cinnamon-red plumage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cinnamon teal¹

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

While the cinnamon teal has a blue wing there is no resemblance between the male cinnamon and the male blue-winged.

From Project Gutenberg

The Cinnamon Teal is another small Duck, marked by the uniform rich chestnut plumage and light blue wing coverts.

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In the Pacific Flyway, cinnamon teal are far more common than blue-wings.

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