Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fish of the family Notacanthidæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology A fish with spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.

Etymologies

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spine +‎ back

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