STICKLEBACK meaning: Small fish with spiny back

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▸ noun: Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct nests from weeds.

Phrases:

brook stickleback, three-spined stickleback, three spined stickleback, ten-spined stickleback, ten spined stickleback, more...

Adjectives:

spined, male, female, threespined, common, little, fourspine, ninespine, tailed, anadromous, marine

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