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OLDWENCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oldwench mean?
• OLDWENCH (noun)
The noun OLDWENCH has 1 sense:
1. tropical Atlantic fish
Familiarity information: OLDWENCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical Atlantic fish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Balistes vetula; Bessy cerca; oldwench; oldwife; queen triggerfish
Hypernyms ("oldwench" is a kind of...):
triggerfish (any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin)
Holonyms ("oldwench" is a member of...):
Balistes; genus Balistes (type genus of the Balistidae)
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