prickleback
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Definition & Meaning of "prickleback"in English

Prickleback
01

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

prickleback definition and meaning
02

small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines 

Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Animal
Composition
Compound
Countable
singular
not gender specific
Plural form
pricklebacks
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