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One spawned by former partner
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oldwife
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Word definitions for oldwife in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
oldwife \oldwife\ n. (Zo["o]l.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream ( Cantharus lineatus ), the American alewife, etc. (Zo["o]l.) A tropical Atlantic fish ( Bessy cerca ). Syn: queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca , oldwench, Balistes ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. tropical Atlantic fish [syn: queen triggerfish , Bessy cerca , oldwench , Balistes vetula ] a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States [syn: old squaw , Clangula hyemalis ] [also: oldwives (pl)]
Usage examples of oldwife.
An oldwife in the lower city had done it in a cramped little back room.
They are sorcerers, herbalists, oldwives and even, God save us, mages.
As I write they are being attended on the gundeck by Brother Ortelius and some of the oldwives aboard.
A couple of the oldwives have sat with me and kept wound-sickness at bay.
Groupers, parrot fish, and oldwives cruised goggling through the arches, amid moving clouds of small bright-colored fish.