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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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"Stickleback" Quotes from Famous Books



... turtles sailed a Dutch-built fleet, On port and starboard tack, While through their ranks, with caution meet, Darted the stickleback. ...
— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. - Scribner's Illustrated • Various

... pair of sportsmen slack! You never mark, though trout or jack, Or little foolish stickleback, Your baited snares may capture. What care has she for line and hook? She turns her back upon the brook, Upon her lover's eyes to look In ...
— English Satires • Various



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



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