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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

quill•back n., pl. -backs, (esp. collectively) -back.

Fisha carpsucker, Carpiodes cyprinus, inhabiting waters in the central and eastern U.S., having one ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated. Also called quill′back carp′sucker.

quill + back¹ 1880–85, American.

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