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  1. old wife: Wiktionary
  2. old wife: Dictionary.com
  3. old-wife: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  4. old wife: FreeDictionary.org
  5. Old wife: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (old wife)

noun:  An old woman, later especially one who tells old wives' tales.
noun:  Any of various marine fishes :
noun:  the alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
noun:  A species of perciform fish endemic to the temperate coastal waters of Australia (Enoplosus armatus)
noun:  Balistes vetula (Queen triggerfish)
noun:  Certain spot-tail porgies (Diplodus ascensionis, Diplodus helenae)
noun:  Spondyliosoma cantharus (black seabream)
noun:  Trachinotus goodei (great pompano)
noun:  A wrasse
noun:  (Canada, US, now rare) The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis.
noun:  (Scotland) A chimney cap to prevent smoking.

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