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threespine stickleback

[ three-spahyn stik-uhl-bak ]

noun

  1. 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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