"tealery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tealeries [plural]
Etymology: teal + -ery Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|teal|ery}} teal + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} tealery (plural tealeries)
  1. An enclosure for housing teal before they are killed and eaten.
    Sense id: en-tealery-en-noun-6K-hLVLd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery

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