QUILLBACK


Meaning of QUILLBACK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwil-ˌbak ]

noun

( plural quillback or quillbacks )

Date: 1882

: any of several suckers ; especially : a small fish ( Carpiodes cyprinus ) of central and eastern North America with a much elongated first ray of the dorsal fin

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.