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prickleback

/ prickleback /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines
Type of:
blennioid fish blennioid
Kinds of:
snakeblenny Lumpenus lumpretaeformis eelblenny
noun Sense 2
small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
Type of:
spiny-finned fish acanthopterygian
Kinds of:
three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus ten-spined stickleback Gasterosteus pungitius
Has parts:
Gasterosteidae family Gasterosteidae
Semantic Complexity
89%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
13
Times Searched
2
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blennioid fish blennioid snakeblenny Lumpenus lumpretaeformis eelblenny spiny-finned fish acanthopterygian three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus ten-spined stickleback Gasterosteus pungitius