Oldsquaw

Clangula hyemalis

This is the former name of the Long-tailed Duck. It was changed in 2000 out of cultural sensitivity.* *Sensitive matter follows: the old name is usually traced to its constant, noisy chatter, which early observers are said to have compared to the talk of old Native American women.

Clangula is a diminutive from the Latin clangere, 'to resound'; hyemalis means 'of winter.' 'Squaw' originally meant 'young woman' in Massachusett and related Algonquian languages.