stickleback (n)
prickleback#1 (n)

n01454856

type n
lex_filenum 05
def small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship
def subjects of much research
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Hypernym spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian
Member holonym Gasterosteidae, family Gasterosteidae
Hyponym three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus; ten-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus pungitius
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Member meronym Gasterosteidae, family Gasterosteidae
Hypernym three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus; ten-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus pungitius
Hyponym spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian

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