quillback

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quillback

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From quill + back.

noun 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.

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noun Carpiodes cyprinus

中文	似鯉亞口魚 /似鲤亚口鱼 sìlǐyàkǒuyú
Français	couette

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@misc{quillback_2026,
  title = {quillback},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quillback},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}