old squaw

noun

a sea duck, Clangula hyemalis, of arctic and subarctic regions.

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Also, old·squaw.

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism

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old squaw

—n
	(US), (Canadian) Also called: oldwife a long-tailed northern sea duck, Clangula hyemalis, having dark wings and a white-and-brown head and body

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