oldsquaw

== English == === Alternative forms === old squaw === Etymology === First attested in the 19th century, from old +‎ squaw, from the idea that the birds' squawking resembled old Native American women's. === Noun === oldsquaw (plural oldsquaws) (dated, offensive) The long-tailed duck, a medium-sized seaduck: Clangula hyemalis. === Further reading === Name Flap Ruffles Feathers, in the Los Angeles Times (1999 November 12)