Definition of prickleback Prickleback
/pɹɪˈkʌlbæˌk/ - [prikulbak] - prick•le•back
We found 5 definitions of prickleback from 4 different sources.
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What does prickleback mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: pricklebacks |
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| prickleback - small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines | ||
| blennioid, blennioid fish elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins | ||
| lumpenus lumpretaeformis, snakeblenny found in Arctic and northern Atlantic waters | ||
| prickleback - small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research | ||
| stickleback | ||
| acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays | ||
| family gasterosteidae, gasterosteidae sticklebacks | ||
| gasterosteus aculeatus, three-spined stickleback of rivers and coastal regions | ||
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Wiktionary 
- prickleback (Noun)
Any of the fish in the Stichaeidae family.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- prickleback (n.)
Alt. of Pricklefish
Part of speech
🔤- prickleback, noun, singular of pricklebacks.
