Definitions for: Stickleback


[n] small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research



Webster (1913) Definition: Stic"kle*back`, n. [OE. & Prov E. stickle a
prickle, spine, sting (AS. sticel) + back. See Stick, v.
t., and cf. Banstickle.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus
Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two
or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish
water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag,
sharpling, and prickleback.

Synonyms: prickleback

See Also: acanthopterygian, family Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Gasterosteus pungitius, spiny-finned fish, ten-spined stickleback, three-spined stickleback

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