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prickleback

/'prɪkəl,bæk/

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

type of:
spiny-finned fish acanthopterygian
noun
small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines
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type of:
blennioid blennioid fish

Definition that contains prickleback

stichaeidae pricklebacks
family stichaeidae pricklebacks