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oldwife

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: oldwife

1
 n
a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States
2
 n
tropical Atlantic fish
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: oldwife
1

n a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States

Synonyms:
Clangula hyemalis, old squaw
Type of:
sea duck
any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser
2

n tropical Atlantic fish

Synonyms:
Balistes vetula, Bessy cerca, oldwench, queen triggerfish
Type of:
triggerfish
any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin
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