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cartaback

cartaback noun: a fish of the genus Tetragonopterus.

Noun

cartaback (plural cartabacks)

  1. A fish of the genus Tetragonopterus.
    • The water was clear, and numbers of fish were swimming about in it. The broad, round side of the cartaback presented an excellent mark for the arrow, and a considerable number were killed, or rather shot, […]1866, Robert Duff, British Guiana, page 53
    • The daree, cartaback, and perai are small species, ranging from a foot to nearly 2 feet in length, though deep and thick in body […]1894, Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, volume 13, page 237

Forms of cartaback

pluralcartabacks

Questions about cartaback

What does cartaback mean?
Cartaback means a fish of the genus Tetragonopterus.
What part of speech is cartaback?
Cartaback is a noun.
What is the plural of cartaback?
The plural of cartaback is cartabacks.

Words near cartaback in the dictionary

  1. cart tart
  2. cart tarts
  3. cart00ney
  4. cart00nies
  5. Carta
  6. cartaback
  7. cartabacks
  8. cartable
  9. cartage
  10. Cartagena
  11. Cartagena bark

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