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prickleback
(encz) | prickleback, n: |
Prickleback
(gcide) | Prickleback \Pric"kle*back`\, Pricklefish \Pric"kle*fish`\, n.
(Zool.)
The stickleback.
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prickleback
(gcide) | Stickleback \Stic"kle*back`\, n. [OE. & Prov E. stickle a
prickle, spine, sting (AS. sticel) + back. See Stick, v.
t., and cf. Banstickle.] (Zool.)
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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prickleback
(wn) | prickleback
n 1: small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long
dorsal fin consists entirely of spines
2: small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed
fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate
courtship; subjects of much research [syn: stickleback,
prickleback] |
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Prickleback
(gcide) | Prickleback \Pric"kle*back`\, Pricklefish \Pric"kle*fish`\, n.
(Zool.)
The stickleback.
[1913 Webster]Stickleback \Stic"kle*back`\, n. [OE. & Prov E. stickle a
prickle, spine, sting (AS. sticel) + back. See Stick, v.
t., and cf. Banstickle.] (Zool.)
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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