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Stickleback

noun
1.
Small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research.  Synonym: prickleback.



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ten-spined stickleback
three-spined stickleback


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... Minnow, &c.—The small fry of European waters, gudgeon, bleak, minnow, loach, stickleback and bullhead, are principally of value as bait for other fish, though the first-named species gives pretty sport on fine tackle and makes a succulent dish. Small red worms are the best bait for gudgeon and minnows, a maggot or small fly for bleak, and the rest are most easily ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 • Various


Words linked to "Stickleback" :   Gasterosteidae, spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian, three-spined stickleback, ten-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Gasterosteus pungitius, prickleback, family Gasterosteidae


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