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seawives

seawives is the plural of seawife.

Meaning of seawife

Noun

seawife (plural seawives)

  1. Synonym of wrasse.
    Synonyms:
    wrasse
  2. (rare) The wife of a fisherman or sailor.
    • Moreover they are informed that the only Ward family living on the island is “Selkie” and his seawife, and “Selkie” was their great-great-grandfather, dead for a hundred years. / Eventually, after encounters with various people whose behaviour they cannot understand, they find “Selkie”, his seawife...1972, W[illiam] Towrie Cutt, Seven for the Sea, London: André Deutsch, →ISBN, front flap

Questions about seawives

What is seawives the plural of?
Seawives is the plural of seawife.

Words near seawives in the dictionary

  1. Seawells
  2. seawhip
  3. seawhips
  4. seawife
  5. seawise
  6. seawives
  7. seawolf
  8. seawolves
  9. seawoman
  10. seawomen
  11. seaworm

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