Words Like OLDWIFE
    
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            2 Alternative Words Similar to oldwife
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        10 definitions of oldwife
           
        
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        The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc.
    
    
    
 
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        A tropical Atlantic fish (Bessy cerca).
    
    
    
 
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        A common long-tailed sea duck (Clangula hyemalis) of the northern parts of the US; also called old squaw.
    
    
    
 
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        a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States
    
    
    
 
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        Any of various fishes such as the alewife and the menhaden.
    
    
    
 
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        The long-tailed sea-duck, Harelda glacialis, of the family Anatidæ and the subfamily Fuligulinæ.
    
    
    
 
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        In ichthyology, one of several different fishes.