stickleback

1. (noun) small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
Synonyms: prickleback
Related Words: Gasterosteus aculeatus, Gasterosteus pungitius, acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish, ten-spined stickleback, three-spined stickleback



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