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stickleback
(encz) | stickleback,druh ryby Zdeněk Brož |
Stickleback
(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.
[1913 Webster] |
stickleback
(wn) | stickleback
n 1: 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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ten-spined stickleback
(encz) | ten-spined stickleback, n: |
three-spined stickleback
(encz) | three-spined stickleback, n: |
Stickleback
(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.
[1913 Webster] |
ten-spined stickleback
(wn) | ten-spined stickleback
n 1: confined to rivers [syn: ten-spined stickleback,
Gasterosteus pungitius] |
three-spined stickleback
(wn) | three-spined stickleback
n 1: of rivers and coastal regions [syn: {three-spined
stickleback}, Gasterosteus aculeatus] |
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