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old•wife
Pronunciation: (old'wīf"), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -wives.
1. any of various fishes, as the alewife, the menhaden, or a West Indian fish of the family Balistidae.
2. See
old squaw. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.