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  • noun Plural form of quillback.

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  • "We don't want to unduly restrict salmon fishermen," Bargmann said, "but they take over 300 canary rockfish annually in Puget Sound, for instance, and we're looking for ways to minimize the catch, not only of the three target species but of others, such as quillbacks."

    HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009

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