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hackleback

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Marky's American Caviar
White Sturgeon caviar, Black Bowfin Paddlefish, Lumpfish and Hackleback
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Fresh American caviars
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hack⋅le⋅back

  [hak-uhl-bak]
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–noun
shovelnose sturgeon.
Origin:
hackle 1 + back 1
Marky's American Caviar
White Sturgeon caviar, Black Bowfin Paddlefish, Lumpfish and Hackleback
www.markys.com
Fresh American caviars
Paddlefish, Hackleback, White Sturgeon and fine foods available.
www.Caviarstar.com

shovelnose sturgeon

 
–noun
a small sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorhynchus, of the Mississippi River, having a broad, flat snout.
Also called hackleback.

Origin:
1880–85
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hack·le·back   (hāk'əl-bāk')   
n.  See shovelnose.
shov·el·nose   (shŭv'əl-nōz')   
n.  A sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorhynchus) of the Mississippi River, having a broad flat snout. Also called hackleback, shovel-nosed sturgeon.
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