quillback

English edit

Quillback

Etymology edit

quill +‎ back

Noun edit

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.

References edit

quillback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catostomidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Carpiodes cyprinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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