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Oldwife   Listen
noun
oldwife  n.  
1.
(Zool.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc.
2.
(Zool.) A tropical Atlantic fish (Bessy cerca).
Synonyms: queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, oldwench, Balistes vetula.
3.
(Zool.) A common long-tailed sea duck (Clangula hyemalis) of the northern parts of the US; also called old squaw.
Synonyms: old squaw, Clangula hyemalis.





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Words linked to "Oldwife" :   triggerfish, Balistes, oldwench, old squaw, queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, sea duck, genus Balistes, Clangula hyemalis, genus Clangula


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