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Definition of Oldwife
1. Noun. Tropical Atlantic fish.
Exact synonyms: Balistes Vetula, Bessy Cerca, Oldwench, Queen Triggerfish
Generic synonyms: Triggerfish
Group relationships: Balistes, Genus Balistes
Generic synonyms: Triggerfish
Group relationships: Balistes, Genus Balistes
2. Noun. A common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States.
Exact synonyms: Clangula Hyemalis, Old Squaw
Generic synonyms: Sea Duck
Group relationships: Clangula, Genus Clangula
Generic synonyms: Sea Duck
Group relationships: Clangula, Genus Clangula
Definition of Oldwife
1. a marine fish [n -WIVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oldwife
Literary usage of Oldwife
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"... two species of eider (Somateria), the harlequin and the oldwife ducks, and
the skua, glaucus, white-winged, black-backed, and kittiwake gulls; and, ..."
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