stickleback

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Synonyms: stickle-back, stickle back, prickleback, sticklebacks, sticklebag

Antonyms: stickle-back, stickle back, prickleback, sticklebacks, sticklebag

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Noun

1. Any one of numerous [[species]] of small [[fish#Noun|fish]] of the [[family]] {{taxfmt|Gasterosteidae|family}}. The [[back#Noun|back]] is [[arm#Verb|armed]] with two or more [[sharp#Adjective|sharp]] [[spine]]s. They [[inhabit]] both [[salt]] and [[brackish]] [[water#Noun|water]], and [[construct#Verb|construct]] [[nest#Noun|nests]] from [[weed#Noun|weeds]].

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