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Definition of Pricklebacks

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Stickleback Stic"kle*back`, n. [OE. & Prov E. stickle a prickle, spine, sting (AS. sticel) + back. See Stick, v. t., and cf. Banstickle.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback.
Prickleback
Prickleback Pric"kle*back`, Pricklefish Pric"kle*fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) The stickleback.

Meaning of Pricklebacks from wikipedia

- Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies, are a family of marine ray-finned fishes in the suborder Zoarcoidei of the order Scorpaeniformes. Most species...
- lesser prickleback (Alectridium aurantia****) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, which includes the pricklebacks and...
- species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Acantholum****...
- fish, such as the rock and black pricklebacks and penpoint and rockweed gunnels, may compete with monkeyface prickleback for space and food resources. The...
- species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Poroclinus...
- crisscross prickleback (Plagiogrammus hopkinsii) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies...
- The ribbon prickleback (Phytichthys chirus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies...
- bluebarred prickleback (Plectobranchus evides) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies...
- species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Lumpenella...
- trident prickleback (Gymnoclinus cristulatus), is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies...