hackleback

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English[edit]

A hackleback

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Etymology[edit]

hackle +‎ back

Noun[edit]

hackleback

  1. A small North American sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, the roe of which is harvested for caviar
    They served crackers with hackleback caviar.

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