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GREENWING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does greenwing mean?
• GREENWING (noun)
The noun GREENWING has 1 sense:
1. common teal of Eurasia and North America
Familiarity information: GREENWING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common teal of Eurasia and North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anas crecca; green-winged teal; greenwing
Hypernyms ("greenwing" is a kind of...):
teal (any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America)
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