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hackleback

hackleback noun: a small North American sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, the roe of which is harvested for caviar.

hackleback: a small North American sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, the roe of which is harvested for...
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Noun

hackleback

  1. A small North American sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, the roe of which is harvested for caviar
    • They served crackers with hackleback caviar.
    Synonyms:
    shovelnose sturgeon, switchtail, sand sturgeon

hackleback meaning in Tamil

hackleback in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of hackleback

  • shovelnose sturgeon
  • switchtail
  • sand sturgeon

Forms of hackleback

alternative formhackle back

Origin of hackleback

From hackle + back.

Questions about hackleback

What does hackleback mean?
Hackleback means a small North American sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, the roe of which is harvested for caviar.
What is hackleback in Tamil?
Hackleback in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Hackleback meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hackleback?
Hackleback is a noun.

Words near hackleback in the dictionary

  1. Hackl
  2. hacklab
  3. hacklabs
  4. hackle
  5. hackle up
  6. hackleback
  7. hackled
  8. hackled up
  9. Hackleman
  10. Hacklemans
  11. hackler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hackleback (page history and authors); hackleback (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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