Words Like OLDWIFE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to OLDWIFE.

2 Alternative Words Similar to oldwife

1 Oldwench Noun      Synonym Words Like Oldwench
2 Triggerfish Noun      Synonym Words Like Triggerfish

10 definitions of oldwife

1 A duck; the old squaw.
2 The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc.
3 A tropical Atlantic fish (Bessy cerca).
4 A common long-tailed sea duck (Clangula hyemalis) of the northern parts of the US; also called old squaw.
5 a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States
6 tropical Atlantic fish
7 See oldsquaw.
8 Any of various fishes such as the alewife and the menhaden.
9 The long-tailed sea-duck, Harelda glacialis, of the family Anatidæ and the subfamily Fuligulinæ.
10 In ichthyology, one of several different fishes.
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