NOUN | animal | oldwife, queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, oldwench, Balistes vetula | tropical Atlantic fish |
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animal | oldwife, old squaw, Clangula hyemalis | a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States |
Meaning | Tropical Atlantic fish. | |
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Synonyms | queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, oldwench, Balistes vetula | |
Member of | Balistes, genus Balistes | type genus of the Balistidae |
Broader | triggerfish | Any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin |
Catalan | balistes vetula |
Meaning | A common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States. | |
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Synonyms | old squaw, Clangula hyemalis | |
Member of | Clangula, genus Clangula | A genus of ducks |
Broader | sea duck | Any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast |
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