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mossback definition

☆ moss·back (môs′bak′)

noun

  1. an old fish, shellfish, turtle, etc. with a greenish growth of algae, etc. over the back
  2. Informal an old-fashioned or very conservative person

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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