Stickleback
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- prickleback
- plural
- Sticklebacks
- possessive
- Stickleback's
- pluralpossessive
- Sticklebacks'