Definition of stickleback Stickleback
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NounPlural: sticklebacks |
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| stickleback - small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research | ||
| prickleback | ||
| 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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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- stickleback (v. t.)
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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stickleback
A very small fish, armed with sharp spines on its back.
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🔤- stickleback, noun, singular of sticklebacks.
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