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quillback

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kwil′bak′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
quill•back  (kwil′bak′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -backs, (esp. collectively) -back. 
  1. Fisha carpsucker, Carpiodes cyprinus, inhabiting waters in the central and eastern U.S., having one ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated. Also called quill′back carp′sucker. 
  • quill + back1 1880–85, American.

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