prickleback

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noun

Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.

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Meanings

nounprickleback (plural pricklebacks)

plural pricklebacks

  1. Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.
  2. A stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsmall (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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Broader
spiny-finned fishacanthopterygian
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stickleback

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From prickle + back.

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APA

prickleback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prickleback

MLA

“prickleback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prickleback. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prickleback,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prickleback.

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