oldwife

old·wife

O0061200 (ōld′wīf′)n. pl. old·wives (-wīvz′) 1. See long-tailed duck.2. Any of various fishes such as the alewife and the menhaden.

oldwife

(ˈəʊldˌwaɪf) n, pl -wives1. (Animals) another name for old squaw2. (Animals) any of various fishes, esp the menhaden or the alewife

old•wife

(ˈɒldˌwaɪf)

n., pl. -wives. 1. any of various fishes, as the alewife or menhaden. 2. old squaw. [1580–90]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	oldwife - tropical Atlantic fish Balistes vetula, Bessy cerca, oldwench, queen triggerfishtriggerfish - any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal finBalistes, genus Balistes - type genus of the Balistidae
	2.	oldwife - a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United StatesClangula hyemalis, old squawsea duck - any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganserClangula, genus Clangula - a genus of ducks