hackleback
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hackleback
Example Sentences
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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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