OLD SQUAW

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Clangula hyemalis; old squaw; oldwife

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("old squaw" is a kind of...):

sea duck (any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser)

Holonyms ("old squaw" is a member of...):

Clangula; genus Clangula (a genus of ducks)

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