Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun oldwife

2 senses of oldwife

Sense 1
queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, oldwench, oldwife, Balistes vetula -- (tropical Atlantic fish)
       => triggerfish -- (any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin)

Sense 2
old squaw, oldwife, Clangula hyemalis -- (a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States)
       => sea duck -- (any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser)