/pɹɪˈkʌlbæˌks/ - [prikulbaks] -
We found 3 definitions of pricklebacks from 2 different sources.
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 |