THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does three-spined stickleback mean? 

• THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK (noun)
  The noun THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK has 1 sense:

1. of rivers and coastal regions

  Familiarity information: THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of rivers and coastal regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gasterosteus aculeatus; three-spined stickleback

Hypernyms ("three-spined stickleback" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("three-spined stickleback" is a member of...):

Gasterosteus; genus gasterosteus (type genus of the family Gasterosteidae)