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Prickleback

nounid 105427·updated May 18, 2026
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small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship

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Variants

synonym
stickleback
plural
Pricklebacks
possessive
Prickleback's
pluralpossessive
Pricklebacks'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship
§2
small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas

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