old squaw

1. 1.

   a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States

   SynonymsoldwifeClangula hyemalis

   Broadersea duck

   Part ofClangula

Questions about old squaw

What does old squaw mean?

old squaw means "a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States".

What is another word for old squaw?

Close synonyms include oldwife, Clangula hyemalis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is old squaw a common word?

old squaw is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.