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The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc.
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A tropical Atlantic fish (Bessy cerca).
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A common long-tailed sea duck (Clangula hyemalis) of the northern parts of the US; also called old squaw.
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a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States
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The oldwife, Enoplosus armatus, is a species of perciform fish, the only species in the genus Enoplosus and family Enoplosidae.
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