threespine stickleback

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(thrē′spīn′)


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three′spine stick′leback  (thrē′spīn′),USA pronunciation 
  1. Fisha widely distributed stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, occurring in marine, brackish, or fresh waters throughout the northern hemisphere.
Also, three′-spined stick′le•back. 
  • 1890–95

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