quillbacks

Variant of quillback

quillback definition

☆ quill·back (kwil′bak′)

noun pl. quillback -·back′ or quillbacks -·backs′

a North American freshwater fish (Carpiodes cyprinus) of the sucker family, with the front margin of the dorsal fin quill-like and elongate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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