About The Word Stickleback
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Stickleback
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What's The Definition Of Stickleback?
[n] small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
Synonyms | Synonyms for Stickleback: prickleback Related Terms | Find terms related to Stickleback: See Also | acanthopterygian | family Gasterosteidae | Gasterosteidae | Gasterosteus aculeatus | Gasterosteus pungitius | spiny-finned fish | ten-spined stickleback | three-spined stickleback Stickleback In Webster's Dictionary \Stic"kle*back`\, n. [OE. & Prov E. stickle a
prickle, spine, sting (AS. sticel) + back. See {Stick}, v.
t., and cf. {Banstickle}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus
{Gasterosteus} and allied genera. The back is armed with two
or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish
water, and construct curious nests. Called also {sticklebag},
{sharpling}, and {prickleback}.
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