About The Word Prickleback
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Prickleback
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What's The Definition Of Prickleback?
[n] small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
[n] small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines Synonyms | Synonyms for Prickleback: stickleback Related Terms | Find terms related to Prickleback: See Also | acanthopterygian | blennioid | blennioid fish | eelblenny | family Gasterosteidae | Gasterosteidae | Gasterosteus aculeatus | Gasterosteus pungitius | Lumpenus lumpretaeformis | snakeblenny | spiny-finned fish | ten-spined stickleback | three-spined stickleback Prickleback In Webster's Dictionary \Pric"kle*back`\, Pricklefish \Pric"kle*fish`\, n.
(Zo["o]l.)
The stickleback.
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