English Etymology From feather + back, from the small and narrow dorsal fin. Noun English Wikipedia has an article on:NotopteridaeWikipedia featherback (plural featherbacks) Any fish of the family Notopteridae. Synonyms knifefish Derived terms bronze featherback Translations fish Assamese: কান্ধুলি (kandhuli) Burmese: ငါးဖယ် (my) (nga:hpai) Finnish: teräkala