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Meanings of prickleback in English
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espinós Spanish
gasterosteidae 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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Examples for "stickleback"
Examples for "stickleback"
1
It's the best stickleback in the world, said a gull.
2
Let us begin with that familiar friend of our childhood, the common English stickleback.
3
In many cases two or three females use the same nest, the stickleback being polygamous.
4
The stickleback is not so clever as it looks.
5
The paper on fish development was mainly based upon dissections of the young of the stickleback.
Usage of prickleback in English
1
You have to stuff a prickleback down your dress, too.
2
Rowboats ferried out archers and pikemen, the raised pikes making the boats look like gigantic pricklebacks swimming on the surface.
Frequent collocations