old wife

Meanings

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

Etymology

From Middle English ald wyf, eld wiif, olde wyffe.