"quillback" meaning in All languages combined

See quillback on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: quillbacks [plural]
Etymology: quill + back Etymology templates: {{compound|en|quill|back}} quill + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} quillback (plural quillbacks)
  1. 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. Categories (lifeform): Suckers (fish)

Inflected forms

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