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old⋅wife

  [old-wahyf]
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–noun, plural -wives.
1. any of various fishes, as the alewife, the menhaden, or a West Indian fish of the family Balistidae.
2. old squaw.
Origin:
1580–90; old + wife
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old·squaw   (ōld'skwô')   
n.  A marine duck (Clangula hyemalis) that is black with a white breast and is found in Arctic and North Temperate regions. Also called long-tailed duck, oldwife.
old·wife   (ōld'wīf')   
n.   pl. old·wives (-wīvz')

  1. See oldsquaw.

  2. Any of various fishes such as the alewife and the menhaden.

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