old wife

English

Etymology

The fish grinds its teeth when caught; fishermen likened the sound to old wives' chattering.

Noun

old wife (plural old wives)

  1. Enoplosus armatus, a species of perciform fish endemic to the temperate coastal waters of Australia, which is the only modern species in the family Enoplosidae.
  2. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see old,‎ wife.

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