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quillback

[ kwil-bak ]

noun

, plural quill·backs, (especially collectively) quill·back.
  1. a carpsucker, Carpiodes cyprinus, inhabiting waters in the central and eastern U.S., having one ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of quillback1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; quill + back 1

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