Definition of oldwife Oldwife
old•wife
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What does oldwife mean?
WordNet
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| oldwife - a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States | ||
| old squaw, Clangula hyemalis | ||
| sea duck any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser | ||
| oldwife - tropical Atlantic fish | ||
| queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, oldwench, Balistes vetula | ||
| triggerfish any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- oldwife, noun, singular of oldwives.
