English dictionary
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English noun: prickleback | |||
| 1. | prickleback (animal) small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blennioid, blennioid fish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | eelblenny, Lumpenus lumpretaeformis, snakeblenny | ||
| 2. | prickleback (animal) small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research | ||
| Synonyms | stickleback | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Gasterosteus aculeatus, Gasterosteus pungitius, ten-spined stickleback, three-spined stickleback | ||
| Member meronym | family Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteidae | ||
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