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.
Origin of threespine stickleback
1First recorded in 1890–95
- Also three-spined stick·le·back [three-spahynd stik-uhl-bak] /ˈθriˌspaɪnd ˈstɪk əlˌbæk/ .
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