stickleback (redirected from three-spined sticklebacks)

stick·le·back  (stkl-bk)

n.

Any of various small freshwater and marine fishes of the family Gasterosteidae, having erectile spines along the back.

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[Middle English stikelbak : Old English sticel, prick; see steig- in Indo-European roots + Middle English bak, back; see back¹.]

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stickleback [ˈstɪk^əlˌbæk]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small teleost fish of the family Gasterosteidae, such as Gasterosteus aculeatus (three-spined stickleback) of rivers and coastal regions and G. pungitius (ten-spined stickleback) confined to rivers. They have a series of spines along the back and occur in cold and temperate northern regions

[from Old English stickel prick, sting + back¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

stickleback - small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research prickleback family Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteidae - sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus, three-spined stickleback - of rivers and coastal regions Gasterosteus pungitius, ten-spined stickleback - confined to rivers acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays

Translations

stickleback [ˈstɪklbæk] N → espinoso m

stickleback [ˈstɪk^əlbæk] n → épinoche f

stickleback

n → Stichling m

stickleback [ˈstɪklˌbæk] n → spinarello

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stickleback [ˈstɪklˌbæk] n → spinarello