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stickleback

/ stickleback /

noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1

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

84%

Sense Count

1

Total Synonyms

0

Total Relationships

8

Times Searched

4

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Related Words

spiny-finned fish acanthopterygian three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus ten-spined stickleback Gasterosteus pungitius