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hackleback

American  
[hak-uhl-bak] / ˈhæk əlˌbæk /

Etymology

Origin of hackleback

hackle 1 + back 1

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Macarons become vehicles for white chocolate creme fraiche and domestic hackleback, or sturgeon roe.

From Washington Post May 11, 2017

First, I tried salty hackleback caviar and raw ribbons of fluke, flavored by the day or so it had cured between sheets of kelp; sitting in a coriander-seasoned broth, they made a delicious pair.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2016

“Listen, if the world needs cheap caviar, let them have our hackleback and paddlefish.”

From New York Times Jun. 9, 2012

Domestic fish farmers are now reviving it, marketing American caviar from such species as paddlefish, trout and hackleback.

From Time Magazine Archive

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