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Webster 1913 Edition
Quillback
Quill′backˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
An American fresh-water fish (
Ictiobus cyprinus
syn. Carpiodes cyprinus
); – called also carp sucker
, sailfish
, spearfish
, and skimback
. Definition 2024
quillback
quillback
English
Quillback
Noun
quillback (plural quillbacks)
- Carpiodes cyprinus, a freshwater fish of the sucker family with a long filament that extends back from the dorsal fin, native to the eastern and central United States.