stickleback meaning

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stickleback (noun): small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research.

Definition of stickleback

  1. 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

    Type of: spiny-finned fish

    Kinds: three-spined stickleback, ten-spined stickleback

Scrabble score: 25 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with ST · words ending in CK · 11-letter words

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