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threespine stickleback
[ three-spahyn stik-uhl-bak ]
noun
- a widely distributed stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, occurring in marine, brackish, or fresh waters throughout the northern hemisphere.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of threespine stickleback1
First recorded in 1890–95
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