Definitions for old squaw

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

old′ squaw′(n.)

or old′squaw′

  1. a sea duck, Clangula hyemalis, of arctic and subarctic regions.

    Category: Ornithology

Origin of old squaw:

1830–40, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. old squaw, oldwife, Clangula hyemalis(noun)

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


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