featherback

[feth -er-bak]

noun

any freshwater fish of the family Notopteridae, of Asia and western Africa, having a small, feathery dorsal fin and a very long anal fin extending from close behind the head to the tip of the tail.

Origin of featherback

feather + back¹

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