English Explanatory Dictionary

quillback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

quillback quillbacks

Etymology

From quill + back.

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