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Definition of Quillback

Quillback
Quillback Quill"back`, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, or Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.

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- The quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), also known as the quillback sucker, is a type of freshwater fish of the sucker family widely distributed throughout...
- USS Quillback (SS-424), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for quillback, a fish of the sucker family, widespread...
- The quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger), also known as the quillback seaperch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae...
- Among those of special interest are copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus), quillback rockfish (S. maliger), black rockfish (S. melanops), yelloweye rockfish...
- Pupfish Pygmy sunfish Queen danio Queen parrotfish Queen triggerfish Quillback Quillfish Rabbitfish Raccoon butterfly fish Ragfish Rainbow trout Rainbowfish...
- plants and animals found in silty substrates. Like its congener, the quillback, the river carpsucker is long-lived, with a known maximum lifespan of...
- Navy) Stickleback Threadfin (became TCG I Inönü Turkish Navy) Tench class Quillback Thornback (became TCG Uluçalireis Turkish Navy) Tirante Trutta (became...
- Pinfish Plaice Pollock Pomfret Porkfish Pout****ou Prickleback Queenfish Quillback Redfish Roach Rock b**** Rock hind Rockfish Rose fish Rohu Rudderfish Sablefish...
- (e.g., bigmouth buffalo, black buffalo, smallmouth buffalo, bowfins, quillback, redhorses) has shown that they exhibit complex life cycles that are prone...
- 1952; Museum ship, Baltimore Maritime Museum, Baltimore, Maryland SS-424 Quillback GUPPY IIA conversion 1953 SS-425 Trumpetfish GUPPY II conversion 1948...