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Definition of Quillbacks
1. quillback [n] - See also: quillback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quillbacks
Literary usage of Quillbacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"This subfamily includes, besides the suckers, the red-horses, buffaloes, quillbacks,
and fresh-water mullets. ..."
2. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1902)
"quillbacks are flat and thin, as bony as shad, and never weigh over 2 or 3 pounds.
In color they are silver white, the dorsal fin is 3 to 4 inches long, ..."
3. Journal of the Senate of the ... General Assembly of the State of Iowa by Iowa General Assembly. Senate (1904)
"... to take from certain designated lakes of the State, having an ai ta of not
less than two (2) square miles, buffalo, carp, quillbacks, redhorse, ..."
4. Proceedings by Nebraska, Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, State Board of Agriculture (1903)
"The majority of fish were bull-heads, buffalo, quillbacks and hybrids, but with
the assistance of two men in ..."
5. Proceedings by Nebraska, Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, State Board of Agriculture (1902)
"The major portion of the fish were bullheads, carp, buffalo and quillbacks, but
in less than two days fishing I succeeded in collecting a fine car-load of ..."
6. Acts and Resolutions Passed at the ... Session of the General Assembly of by Iowa (1904)
"... to take from certain designated lakes of the state, having an area of not less
than two (2) square miles, buffalo, carp, quillbacks, redhorse, ..."
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