[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quillback \quill"back`\, n. zool.
   an american fresh-water fish ictiobus cyprinus syn.
   carpiodes cyprinus; -- called also carp sucker,
   sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.
   1913 webster
see also:
ictiobus cyprinus carpiodes cyprinus carp sucker sailfish spearfish skimback 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sucker \suck"er\ su^k"~er, n.
   1. one who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by
      which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere
      to other bodies.
      1913 webster

   2. a suckling; a sucking animal. --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   3. the embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a
      pump basket. --boyle.
      1913 webster

   4. a pipe through which anything is drawn.
      1913 webster

   5. a small piece of leather, usually round, having a string
      attached to the center, which, when saturated with water
      and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth
      surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure,
      with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be
      thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a
      plaything.
      1913 webster

   6. bot. a shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of
      a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment
      from the body of the plant.
      1913 webster

   7. zool.
      a any one of numerous species of north american
          fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family
          catostomidae; so called because the lips are
          protrusile. the flesh is coarse, and they are of
          little value as food. the most common species of the
          eastern united states are the northern sucker
          catostomus commersoni, the white sucker
          catostomus teres, the hog sucker catostomus
          nigricans, and the chub, or sweet sucker erimyzon
          sucetta. some of the large western species are
          called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and
          suckerel.
      b the remora.
      c the lumpfish.
      d the hagfish, or myxine.
      e a california food fish menticirrus undulatus
          closely allied to the kingfish
      a; -- called also bagre.
          1913 webster

   8. a parasite; a sponger. see def. 6, above.
      1913 webster

            they who constantly converse with men far above
            their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if
            thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker,
            no branch.                            --fuller.
      1913 webster

   9. a hard drinker; a soaker. slang
      1913 webster

   10. a greenhorn; someone easily cheated, gulled, or deceived.
       slang, u.s.
       1913 webster

   11. a nickname applied to a native of illinois. u. s.
       1913 webster

   12. a person strongly attracted to something; -- usually used
       with for; as, he's a sucker for tall blondes.
       pjc

   11. any thing or person; -- usually implying annoyance or
       dislike; as, i went to change the blade and cut my finger
       on the sucker. slang
       pjc

   carp sucker, cherry sucker, etc. see under carp,
      cherry, etc.

   sucker fish. see sucking fish, under sucking.

   sucker rod, a pump rod. see under pump.

   sucker tube zool., one of the external ambulacral tubes
      of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and
      used for locomotion. called also sucker foot. see
      spatangoid.
      1913 webster
see also:
catostomidae catostomus commersoni catostomus teres catostomus nigricans erimyzon sucetta buffalo fish 
red horse black horse suckerel menticirrus undulatus bagre 
carp sucker cherry sucker carp cherry sucker fish 
sucking fish sucking sucker rod pump sucker tube 
sucker foot spatangoid 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

carp \carp\, n.; pl. carp, formerly carps. cf. icel. karfi,
   dan. karpe, sw. karp, ohg. charpho, g. karpfen, f. carpe, ll.
   carpa. zool.
   a fresh-water herbivorous fish cyprinus carpio.. several
   other species of cyprinus, catla, and carassius are
   called carp. see cruclan carp.
   1913 webster

   note: the carp was originally from asia, whence it was early
         introduced into europe, where it is extensively reared
         in artificial ponds. within a few years it has been
         introduced into america, and widely distributed by the
         government. domestication has produced several
         varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or
         quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which
         has only a few large scales. intermediate varieties
         occur.
         1913 webster

   carp louse zool., a small crustacean, of the genus
      argulus, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. see
      branchiura.

   carp mullet zool., a fish moxostoma carpio of the
      ohio river and great lakes, allied to the suckers.

   carp sucker zool., a name given to several species of
      fresh-water fishes of the genus carpiodes in the united
      states; -- called also quillback.
      1913 webster
see also:
carp carps cyprinus carpio cyprinus catla carassius 
cruclan carp carp louse argulus branchiura carp mullet 
moxostoma carpio carp sucker 

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