quillback
[ kwil-bak ]
noun,plural quill·backs, (especially collectively) quill·back.
a carpsucker, Carpiodes cyprinus, inhabiting waters in the central and eastern U.S., having one ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated.
Origin of quillback
1- Also called quillback carpsucker.
Words Nearby quillback
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