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OLDWIFE
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Irregular inflected form: oldwives
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States
Synonyms:
Clangula hyemalis; old squaw; oldwife
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("oldwife" is a kind of...):
sea duck (any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser)
Holonyms ("oldwife" is a member of...):
Clangula; genus Clangula (a genus of ducks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tropical Atlantic fish
Synonyms:
Balistes vetula; Bessy cerca; oldwench; oldwife; queen triggerfish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("oldwife" is a kind of...):
triggerfish (any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin)
Holonyms ("oldwife" is a member of...):
Balistes; genus Balistes (type genus of the Balistidae)
