noun
a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States
• Syn: ↑oldwife, ↑Clangula hyemalis
• Hypernyms: ↑sea duck
• Member Holonyms: ↑Clangula, ↑genus Clangula
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a sea duck, Clangula hyemalis, of arctic and subarctic regions.
Also, oldsquaw.
[1830-40, Amer.]
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old squaw or oldˈsquaw noun (US)
A kind of duck, the hareld
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Main Entry: ↑old
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old squaw,
a long-tailed sea duck of northern regions.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.