oldwife

Noun

old=wife

WORDNET DICTIONARY

oldwife(n = noun.animal) balistes vetula, bessy cerca, oldwench, queen triggerfish - tropical Atlantic fish;

is a kind of triggerfish

is a member of balistes, genus balistes

oldwife(n = noun.animal) clangula hyemalis, old squaw - a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States;

is a kind of sea duck

is a member of clangula, genus clangula

oldwife, n.

The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc. [WordNet 1.5]
A tropical Atlantic fish (Bessy cerca). [1913 Webster]
A common long-tailed sea duck (Clangula hyemalis) of the northern parts of the US; also called old squaw. [WordNet 1.5]