Meaning of PRICKLEBACK
| Pronunciation: | | 'prikul`bak
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- [n] small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
- [n] small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines
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| | Synonyms: | | stickleback |
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| | See Also: | | acanthopterygian, blennioid, blennioid fish, eelblenny, family Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Gasterosteus pungitius, Lumpenus lumpretaeformis, snakeblenny, spiny-finned fish, ten-spined stickleback, three-spined stickleback | |
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| | Definition: | | \Pric"kle*back`\, Pricklefish \Pric"kle*fish`\, n.
(Zo["o]l.)
The stickleback.
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