noun
Meaning 1
Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
prickleback
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noun
Meaning 2
A stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).
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noun
Meaning 3
small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: stickleback
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian
Narrower terms: three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, ten-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus pungitius
noun
Meaning 4
small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: blennioid fish, blennioid
Narrower terms: snakeblenny, Lumpenus lumpretaeformis, eelblenny
History
Etymology
From prickle + back.