quillback

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English

Quillback

Etymology

From quill +‎ back.

Noun

quillback (plural quillbacks)

  1. Carpiodes cyprinus, a freshwater fish of the sucker family with a long filament that extends back from the dorsal fin, native to the eastern and central United States.

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