STICKLEBACK


Meaning of STICKLEBACK in English

[stick.le.back] n [ME stykylbak, fr. OE sticel goad + ME bak back; akin to OE stician to stick] (15c): any of a family (Gasterosteidae) of small scaleless bony fishes having two or more free spines in front of the dorsal fin and including marine, anadromous, and freshwater forms

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