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oldwife
  1. n. tropical Atlantic fish [syn: queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, oldwench, Balistes vetula]

  2. a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States [syn: old squaw, Clangula hyemalis]

  3. [also: oldwives (pl)]

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Groupers, parrot fish, and oldwives cruised goggling through the arches, amid moving clouds of small bright-colored fish.